Access to Routine Immunization: A Comparative Analysis of Supply-Side Disparities between Northern and Southern Nigeria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Eboreime, Ejemai ^a   Abimbola, Seye ^a,b   Bozzani, Fiammetta ^c  

^a NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; NIGERIA; RESIDENT; VACCINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

VACCINE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NIGERIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINES;

EID: 84956960624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144876     Document Type: Article

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