Child immunization cards: Essential yet underutilized in national immunization programmes

Open Vaccine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Brown, David W ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization; Immunization cards; Monitoring; Recording

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNIZATION CARD; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 84859504711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18750354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1875035401205010001     Document Type: Article

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