Routine vaccination and child survival in Guinea-Bissau

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7282, 2001, Pages 360-

  Aaby, Peter ^a   Jensen, Henrik ^b   Mulholland, Kim ^c   Barreto, Mauricio L ^d   Folb, Peter I ^e  

^a Statens Seruminstitut   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

CHILD CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; IMMUNIZATION; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NOTE;

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 0035835416     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7282.360     Document Type: Letter

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