Polio in Pakistan: Social constraints and travel implications

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 360-366

  Mushtaq, Asim ^a   Mehmood, Sajid ^a   Rehman, Muhammad Ateeq Ur ^b   Younas, Asma ^b   Rehman, Muhammad Saif Ur ^c   Malik, Muhamamd Faheem ^a   Hyder, Muhammad Zeeshan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c COMSATS Institute of Information Technology   (Pakistan)

^d Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Pakistan; Polio; Socioeconomic factors; Travel

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AWARENESS; COMMUNITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NATURAL DISASTER; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ISLAM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSMISSION;

HUMANS; ISLAM; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84944150953     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.06.004     Document Type: Review

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