Determinants of vaccination coverage in rural Nigeria

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Odusanya, Olumuyiwa O ^a   Alufohai, Ewan F ^b   Meurice, Francois P ^c   Ahonkhai, Vincent I ^d  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56849088125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-381     Document Type: Article

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