Effectiveness of Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccination in the prevention of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis : A case control study in Nagpur, India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-288

  Zodpey, Sanjay P ^a,b   Shrikhande, Sunanda N ^a   Maldhure, B R ^a   Vasudeo, N D ^a   Kulkarni, S W ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; BCG VACCINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032083228     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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