Immunization status of children admitted to a tertiary-care hospital of North India: Reasons for partial immunization or non-immunization

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-304

  Kumar, Devendra ^a   Aggarwal, Anju ^a   Gomber, Sunil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Child; Immunization; India; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 77955485439     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i3.5560     Document Type: Article

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