Ethnic disparities in routine immunization coverage: A reason for persistent poliovirus circulation in Karachi, Pakistan?

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-76

  Siddiqui, Nida Tariq ^a   Owais, Aatekah ^a   Agha, Ajmal ^a   Karim, Mehtab S ^a   Zaidi, Anita K M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

ethnic disparities; Pakistan; polio eradication; routine immunization

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DISPARITIES; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLIO ERADICATION; POLIOMYELITIS; ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ETHNIC DISPARITIES; PAKISTAN; POLIO ERADICATION; ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84892613400     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513475648     Document Type: Article

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