Uptake of neonatal BCG vaccination in England: Performance of the current policy recommendations

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-89

  Nguipdop Djomo, Patrick ^a,b   Mangtani, Punam ^a   Pedrazzoli, Debora ^a,b   Rodrigues, Laura C ^a   Abubakar, Ibrahim ^b,c  

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

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY; EASTERN EUROPE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; NURSERY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

TUBERCULOSIS;

BCG VACCINE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84890309677     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203931     Document Type: Article

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