Immunization: acceptance rates in a military community.
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چکیده
A house-to-house survey was carried out in early 1983 among military dependents at an army residential complex in Kuching, Sarawak All houses including flats within the complex were numbered consecutively from one onwards With the use of a table of random numbers 200 residentiai units were seiected and the houses were visited by two nurses. In the houses where pre-school children were residing, the mothers were interviewed on the immunization status of their children.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Medical journal of Malaysia
دوره 40 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985