Validating child vaccination status in a demographic surveillance system using data from a clinical cohort study: Evidence from rural South Africa

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ndirangu, James ^a   Bland, Ruth ^a,b   Bärnighausen, Till ^a,c   Newell, Marie Louise ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956208103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-372     Document Type: Article

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