POLIO ENDEMIC PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES FROM SOHAN VILLAGE ISLAMABAD

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).08      10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).08      Published : Mar 2020
Authored by : AbidGhafoorChaudhry , AftabAhmed , UmerHayat

08 Pages : 62-71

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    APA : Chaudhry, A. G., Ahmed, A., & Hayat, U. (2020). Polio Endemic: Perceptions and Practices from Sohan Village, Islamabad. Global Political Review, V(I), 62-71. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).08
    CHICAGO : Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor, Aftab Ahmed, and Umer Hayat. 2020. "Polio Endemic: Perceptions and Practices from Sohan Village, Islamabad." Global Political Review, V (I): 62-71 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).08
    HARVARD : CHAUDHRY, A. G., AHMED, A. & HAYAT, U. 2020. Polio Endemic: Perceptions and Practices from Sohan Village, Islamabad. Global Political Review, V, 62-71.
    MHRA : Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor, Aftab Ahmed, and Umer Hayat. 2020. "Polio Endemic: Perceptions and Practices from Sohan Village, Islamabad." Global Political Review, V: 62-71
    MLA : Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor, Aftab Ahmed, and Umer Hayat. "Polio Endemic: Perceptions and Practices from Sohan Village, Islamabad." Global Political Review, V.I (2020): 62-71 Print.
    OXFORD : Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor, Ahmed, Aftab, and Hayat, Umer (2020), "Polio Endemic: Perceptions and Practices from Sohan Village, Islamabad", Global Political Review, V (I), 62-71
    TURABIAN : Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor, Aftab Ahmed, and Umer Hayat. "Polio Endemic: Perceptions and Practices from Sohan Village, Islamabad." Global Political Review V, no. I (2020): 62-71. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).08