Mothers’ characteristics and immunization status of under-five children in Ojo local government area, Lagos State, Nigeria

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Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Oyefara, John Lekan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Immunization status; Lagos state; Mothers characteristics; Nigeria; Under 5 children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907285703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244014545474     Document Type: Article

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