Vaccination rates for pandemic influenza among pregnant women: An early observation from Chennai, South India

Lung India

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-235

  Bhaskar, Emmanuel ^a   Thobias, S ^b   Anthony, Syluvai ^b   Kumar, Vinod ^c   Navaneethan, N ^c  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^c Community Research Network ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Knowledge; pandemic influenza; pregnancy; vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84864865106     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.99105     Document Type: Article

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