Childhood vaccination in informal urban settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: Who gets vaccinated?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mutua, Martin K ^a   Kimani Murage, Elizabeth ^a   Ettarh, Remare R ^a  

^a Shelter Afrique Center   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650767152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-6     Document Type: Article

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