The swiss national vaccination coverage survey, 2005-2007

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 97-108

  Lang, Phung ^a   Zimmermann, Hanspeter ^b   Pillera, Ursula ^a   Steffen, Robert ^a   Hatz, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

EID: 80052055017     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s212     Document Type: Article

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