Evaluation of immunization cards and parental recall against gold standard for evaluating immunization coverage

Internet Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Babu, Giridhara R ^a   Olsen, JØrn ^a   Jana, Sayantee ^b   Nandy, Siddhartha ^b   Farid, Muhammad N ^a   Sadhana, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare   (India)

^c Victoria Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79957589040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15402614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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