Security, insecurity, and health workers: The case of polio

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1393-1394

  Larson, Heidi J ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AFGHANISTAN; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LEADERSHIP; NIGERIA; NOTE; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; TERRORISM; VACCINATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84882245020     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.7191     Document Type: Note

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