Socioeconomic, cultural and behavioural features of prior and anticipated influenza vaccine uptake in urban and rural Pune district, India: A mixed-methods case study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kudale, Abhay ^a   Purohit, Vidula Shridhar ^a   Sundaram, Neisha ^b,c   Schaetti, Christian ^b,c   Weiss, Mitchell G ^b,c  

^a Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences   (India)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT PLANNING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84874994992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002573     Document Type: Article

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