Individual and contextual factors associated with low childhood immunisation coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wiysonge, Charles S ^a   Uthman, Olalekan A ^b,c   Ndumbe, Peter M ^d   Hussey, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b African Public Health Foundation   (Nigeria)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS VACCINATION; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861463501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037905     Document Type: Article

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