A Study to Assess the Vaccination Coverage of University Students in Mumbai, India
- Immunization is the most cost-effective intervention for infectious diseases, which are the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Vaccines not only protect the individual who is vaccinated but also reduce the burden of infectious vaccine-preventable diseases for the entire community. 1 Adult vaccination is very important given that >25% of mortality is due to infectious diseases. 2 There is a scarcity of information on the vaccination status of young adults and the role of socioeconomic conditions in India.
| Author: | Vaidehi Limaye, Dnyanesh LimayeORCiDGND, Gerhard FortwengelORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-9122 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-912 |
| DOI original: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.curtheres.2016.05.007 |
| Parent Title (English): | Current Therapeutic Research |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2016 |
| Publishing Institution: | Hochschule Hannover |
| Release Date: | 2016/07/13 |
| Tag: | Mumbai, India; adult vaccines; education; income; university students |
| Volume: | 78 |
| Issue: | Supplement |
| First Page: | S3 |
| Link to catalogue: | 1684839874 |
| Institutes: | Fakultät III - Medien, Information und Design |
| DDC classes: | 610 Medizin, Gesundheit |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
