The frailty hypothesis revisited: Mainly weak children die of measles

Vaccine

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 949-953

  Aaby, Peter ^a,b,d   Whittle, Hilton ^c   Cisse, Badara ^b   Samb, Badara ^b   Jensen, Henrik ^a   Simondon, Francois ^b  

^a Projecto De Saúde De Bandim ^*  (Guinea-Bissau)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Frail children; Frailty hypothesis; Measles

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RATE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SENEGAL; SURVIVAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SENEGAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035852277     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(01)00390-5     Document Type: Article

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