The impact of a novel franchise clinic network on access to medicines and vaccinations in Kenya: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Berk, Justin ^a   Adhvaryu, Achyuta ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICINE; NEWBORN; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84864115441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000589     Document Type: Article

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