The association between travel time to health facilities and childhood vaccine coverage in rural Ethiopia. A community based cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Okwaraji, Yemisrach B ^a   Mulholland, Kim ^a   Schellenberg, Joannarmarmstrong ^a   Andarge, Gashaw ^b   Admassu, Mengesha ^b   Edmond, Karen M ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84862535673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-476     Document Type: Article

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