Immunisation coverage in Australian Indigenous children: Time to move the goal posts

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-312

  O'Grady, Kerry Ann ^a,b   Krause, Vicki ^c   Andrews, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunisation; Indigenous; Timeliness

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES;

EID: 57149097840     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.09.096     Document Type: Article

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