Measles incidence, case fatality, and delayed mortality in children with or without vitamin A supplementation in rural Ghana

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 646-654

  Dollimore, Nicola ^a,b   Cutts, Felicity ^a   Binka, Fred Newton ^b,c   Ross, David Anthony ^a,b   Morris, Saul Sutkover ^a,b   Smith, Peter George ^a  

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

^b Ghana Vit A Supplementation Trials   (Ghana)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Measles; Measles vaccine; Mortality; Risk assessment; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0030695476     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009330     Document Type: Article

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