Factors influencing full immunization coverage among 12-23 months of age children in Ethiopia: Evidence from the national demographic and health survey in 2011

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lakew, Yihunie ^a   Bekele, Alemayhu ^a   Biadgilign, Sibhatu ^b  

^a Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Inistitute   (Ethiopia)

^b Independent Consultant   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84938826050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2078-6     Document Type: Article

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