Socio-economic differentials in childhood immunization in India, 1992-2006

Journal of Population Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 301-324

  Kumar, Abhishek ^a   Mohanty, Sanjay K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

DPT3; Immunization; India; Measles; Progression rate

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNIZATION; MASS MEDIA; MEASLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

INDIA;

EID: 80053929799     PISSN: 14432447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12546-011-9069-y     Document Type: Article

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