Vaccination coverage and out-of-sequence vaccinations in rural Guinea-Bissau: An observational cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hornshøj, Linda ^a   Benn, Christine Stabell ^a,b   Fernandes, Manuel ^a   Rodrigues, Amabelia ^a   Aaby, Peter ^a,b   Fisker, Ane Bærent ^a,b  

^a Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84873119037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001509     Document Type: Article

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