Anthropological and Public Health Perspectives on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in Northern Nigeria

Anthropology and Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Renne, Elisha P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community participation; Eradication; Immunization; Northern Nigeria; Polio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920671310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195374643.003.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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