Predictors of incompletion of immunization among children residing in the slums of Kathmandu valley, Nepal: a case-control study
Abstract Background Immunization is one of the most effective health interventions averting an estimated 2–3 million deaths every year. In Nepal, as in most low-income countries, infants are immunized with standard WHO recommended vaccines. However, 16.4 % of children did not receive complete immuni...
Main Authors: | Sumina Shrestha, Monika Shrestha, Rajendra Raj Wagle, Gita Bhandari |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-09-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3651-3 |
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