Pattern and determinants of BCG immunisation delays in a sub-Saharan African community

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY DELAY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 76749131109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-8-1     Document Type: Article

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