Health-care provision factors associated with child immunization coverage in a city centre and a rural area in Kabul, Afghanistan

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2823-2829

  Hemat, Shafiqullah ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a   Kizuki, Masashi ^a   Mashal, Taufiq ^b  

^a Health Promotion   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Health service; Immunization coverage

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; PERTUSSIS; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; CITIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 64449086322     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.02.097     Document Type: Article

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