Maternal determinants of immunization status of children aged 12-23 months in urban slums of Varanasi, India

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 110-116

  Awasthi, Ashish ^a   Pandey, C M ^a   Singh, Uttam ^a   Kumar, Sarvesh ^b   Singh, T B ^c  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dropout; Immunization; Maternal determinants; Non adherence

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964284486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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