AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Feb 28, 2006
Effect of a National Vaccine Shortage on Vaccine Coverage for American Indian/Alaska Native Children
Amy V. Groom, MPH,
James E. Cheek, MD, MPH and
Ralph T. Bryan, MD
Amy V. Groom is with the Program Operations Branch, Immunization Services Division, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga, and is field assigned to the Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention, Office of Public Health Support, Indian Health Service, Albuquerque, NM. James E. Cheek is with the Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention, Office of Public Health Support, Indian Health Service. Ralph T. Bryan is with the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, Office of Strategy and Innovation, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is field assigned to the Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention, Office of Public Health Support, Indian Health Service.

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FIGURE 1— Combination of Indian Health Service Areas into regional groups.
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FIGURE 2— Coverage with fourth dose of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis (DTaP4) vaccine and third dose of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV3) for all Indian Health Service Areas combined: April 2000 to September 2004.
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