Two decades of battle against polio: Opening a window to examine public health in China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Zou, Li Ping ^a   Yang, Guang ^a   Ding, Ying Xue ^a   Wang, Hang Yan ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

China; Polio; Public health

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

CHINA; COMPENSATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MONITORING; MYELITIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; VACCINE ASSOCIATED PARALYTIC POLIOMYELITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77957328502     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2252     Document Type: Short Survey

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