Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication - Nigeria, January 2007-August 12, 2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 942-946

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ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NIGERIA; PARALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NIGERIA; PARALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 50949121830     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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