Significant vaccination delay can occur even in a community with very high vaccination coverage: Evidence from Ballabgarh, India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-138

  Yadav, Kapil ^a   Srivastava, Rahul ^b   Kumar, Rakesh ^b   Chinnakal, Palanivel ^c   Rai, Sanjay K ^a   Krishnan, Anand ^a  

^a Indian Coalition for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Causes for vaccination delay; Vaccination coverage; Vaccination delay

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES VACCINATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY DELAY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84859257668     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr059     Document Type: Article

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