The social determinants of routine immunisation in Ekiti state of Nigeria

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-56

  Oluwadare, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADO EKITI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Factors; Health; Infant; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350329132     PISSN: 09735070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2009.11886337     Document Type: Article

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