Socioeconomic impact on child immunisation in the districts of West Bengal, India

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 406-412

  Som, S ^a   Pal, M ^a   Chakrabarty, S ^a   Bharati, P ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Child; Districts of West Bengal; Immunisation; India; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIPHTHERIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASLES; MINORITY GROUP; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79951501907     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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