Is zero dose oral polio vaccine effective in preterm babies?

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-324

  Thayyil Sudhan, Sudhin ^a,b   Singh, Meharban ^a   Broor, Shobha ^a   Xess, Immaculata ^a   Paul, Vinod Kumar ^a   Deorari, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TRIPLE VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PREMATURITY; SEROCONVERSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031764163     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747967     Document Type: Article

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