Predictors of vaccination card retention in children 12-59 months old in Karachi, Pakistan

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 190-193

  Sheikh, Sana Sadiq ^a   Ali, Syed Asad ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Pakistan; Predictors; Retention; Under five; Vaccination card

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84901608048     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2014.47     Document Type: Article

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