Are we doing enough? Evaluation of the Polio Eradication Initiative in a district of Pakistan's Punjab province: A LQAS study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mushtaq, Muhammad Umair ^a   Majrooh, Muhammad Ashraf ^a   Ullah, Mohsin Zia Sana ^a   Akram, Javed ^a   Siddiqui, Arif Mahmood ^a   Shad, Mushtaq Ahmad ^b   Waqas, Muhammad ^a   Abdullah, Hussain Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Waqar ^a   Shahid, Ubeera ^a   Khurshid, Usman ^a  

^a ALLAMA IQBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b Government of the Punjab   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 77949288217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-60     Document Type: Article

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