Factors affecting acceptance of complete immunization coverage of children under five years in rural Bangladesh;Factores que influyen en la aceptación de la cobertura de vacunación completa entre los niños menores de cinco años de edad en zonas rurales de Bangladesh

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-140

  Rahman, Mosiur ^a   Obaida Nasrin, Sarker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Immunization; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954671063     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342010000200005     Document Type: Article

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