Increased childhood morbidity after measles is short-term in urban Bangladesh

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 723-735

  Akramuzzaman, Syed M ^a   Cutts, Felicity T ^b   Wheeler, Jeremy G ^b   Hossain, Mohammed J ^a  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Diarrhea; Immunity, cellular; Measles; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; MEASLES; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; URBAN SOCIETY;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0034174213     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010267     Document Type: Article

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