National Immunization Day: A strategy to monitor health and nutrition indicators

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 474-479

  Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco ^a   Paes Sousa, Rômulo ^b   Da Silva Jr , Jarbas Barbosa ^c   Victora, César Gomes ^d  

^a Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

BRAZIL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL AREA; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL WELFARE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; BRAZIL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; NUTRITION SURVEYS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 44949171603     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.043638     Document Type: Short Survey

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