Knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers regarding immunization of one year old child at Mawatch Goth, Kemari town, Karachi

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-186

  Nisar, Nighat ^a   Mirza, Muddasir ^b   Qadri, Majid Hafeez ^c  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Baqai Medical University ^*

^c BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Attitude and practices; EPI; Mothers knowledge; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAKISTAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 76749170791     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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