Eliminating ethnic disparities in health through immunisation: New Zealand's chance to earn global respect

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1291, 2009, Pages 6-9

  Grant, Cameron C ^a   Turner, Nikki ^a   Jones, Rhys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; VACCINATION;

EID: 63249133810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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