Factors limiting immunization coverage in urban Dili, Timor-Leste

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 417-427

  Amin, Ruhul ^a   De Oliveira, Telma Joana Corte Real ^b   Da Cunha, Mateus ^b   Brown, Tanya Wells ^c   Favin, Michael ^a   Cappelier, Kelli ^a  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^c US Agency for International Development   (Indonesia)

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EID: 85011094552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00115     Document Type: Article

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