Does India need an indigenous HPV vaccine and why?

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 272-287

  Bharati, Kaushik ^a   Ganguly, Nirmal Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Health policy; HPV vaccine; India

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; PREVALENCE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PREVALENCE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 84877252400     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2013.4     Document Type: Article

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