Partition and poliomyelitis: An investigation of the polio disparity affecting muslims during india's eradication program

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Hussain, Rashid S ^a   McGarvey, Stephen T ^b   Fruzzetti, Lina M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIVIL DISORDER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTRACEPTION; DISEASE ERADICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MUSLIM; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLITICS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RACISM; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; HEALTH DISPARITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISLAM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

POLIOVIRUS;

DISEASE ERADICATION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISLAM; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VACCINATION;

EID: 84924301497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115628     Document Type: Article

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