Immunisation coverage and its associations in rural Tanzanian infants

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Kruger, C ^a   Olsen, O E ^b   Mighay, E ^c   Ali, M ^d  

^a St Franziskus Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunisation; Nomadic pastoralists; Rural Tanzania; Service provision; Vaccination coverage; Vaccine availability

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; VACCINATION;

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84893472077     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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