Trends in Child Immunization across Geographical Regions in India: Focus on Urban-Rural and Gender Differentials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Singh, Prashant Kumar ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD IMMUNIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CITIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84883338104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073102     Document Type: Article

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