Immunization Coverage Among Young Children of Urban Immigrant Mothers: Findings from a Universal Health Care System

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-209

  Guttmann, Astrid ^a   Manuel, Doug ^a   Stukel, Therese A ^a   DesMeules, Marie ^a   Cernat, Geta ^a   Glazier, Richard H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

access; immigrant; immunizations

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; URBAN POPULATION;

COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; ONTARIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 44049104811     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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