Faith and child survival: The role of religion in childhood immunization in Nigeria

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-76

  Antai, Diddy ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NIGERIA; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIRITUAL HEALING; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549126929     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932008002861     Document Type: Article

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