Determinants of immunization inequality among urban poor children: Evidence from Nairobi's informal settlements

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Egondi, Thaddaeus ^a,b   Oyolola, Maharouf ^a   Mutua, Martin Kavao ^a   Elungáta, Patricia ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Health inequality; Immunization; Kenya; Urban poor

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMAL SECTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924034574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0154-2     Document Type: Article

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