Vaccination coverage and timeliness in three South African areas: A prospective study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fadnes, Lars T ^a   Jackson, Debra ^b   Engebretsen, Ingunn M S ^a   Zembe, Wanga ^c   Sanders, David ^c   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^a,d   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; VACCINES;

EID: 79957499019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-404     Document Type: Article

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