Ethnicity and delay in measles vaccination in a nairobi slum

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 59-62

  Ettarh, Remare R ^a   Mutua, Martin K ^a   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Kenya; Measles; Slum; Vaccination delay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; THERAPY DELAY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84867855996     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2012-09s     Document Type: Article

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