Paternal education status significantly influences infants’ measles vaccination uptake, independent of maternal education status
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Paternal education status significantly influences infants’ measles vaccination uptake, independent of maternal education status
BACKGROUND Despite increased funding of measles vaccination programs by national governments and international aid agencies, structural factors encumber attainment of childhood measles immunisation to levels which may guarantee herd immunity. One of such factors is parental education status. Research on the links between parental education and vaccination has typically focused on the influence ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-336