Timeliness of childhood vaccine uptake among children attending a tertiary health service facility-based immunisation clinic in Ghana

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Laryea, Dennis Odai ^a   Abbeyquaye Parbie, Emmanuel ^b   Frimpong, Ebenezer ^a  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b 37 Military Hospital ^*  (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME;

ADULT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892978074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-90     Document Type: Article

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