Study on immunization coverage in Urban slums of Ahmedabad city

Health and Population: Perspectives and Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-54

  Kadri, A M ^a   Singh, Anjali ^b   Jain, Shikha ^b   Mahajan, R G ^a   Trivedi, Atul ^b  

^a PDU Medical College   (India)

^b B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Immunization; Morbidity and mortality; Multi indicator cluster survey; Prevention; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954568258     PISSN: 02536803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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