A brief history of vaccines & vaccination in India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 139, Issue APR, 2014, Pages 491-511

  Lahariya, Chandrakant ^a  

^a G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Eradication; India; Smallpox; Vaccination; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CHOLERA VACCINE; PLAGUE VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE; VACCINE;

DISEASE ERADICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; SMALLPOX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIA; POLIOMYELITIS; SMALLPOX; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84902169031     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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