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Christopher J L Murray1, Bakhuti Shengelia, Neeru Gupta

  • 1Department of Health Service Provision, Evidence and Information for Policy, WHO, 27 Geneva, Switzerland.

Lancet (London, England)
|October 3, 2003
PubMed
まとめ

公式のワクチン接種率データは,世帯調査と比較して,ディフテリア・テタヌス・ペルツーシス (DTP3) ワクチン接種率を過大評価することが多い. 報告されたDTP3のカバー率の変化は,実際の傾向を確実に反映していないため,健康プログラムのモニタリングのためのデータの有効性を疑問視しています.

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