Measles and atopy in Guinea-Bissau

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Volumn 347, Issue 9018, 1996, Pages 1792-1796

  Shaheen, S O ^a,e   Aaby, P ^b   Hall, A J ^c   Barker, D J P ^a   Heyes, C B ^a   Shiell, A W ^a   Goudiaby, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Public Health   (Guinea-Bissau)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BREAST MILK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FOLLOW UP; GUINEA-BISSAU; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; MEASLES; MITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SKIN TEST; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029808031     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91617-7     Document Type: Article

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