Delayed immunisation and risk of pertussis in infants: Unmatched case-control study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7394, 2003, Pages 852-853

  Grant, Cameron C ^a   Roberts, Mavis ^a   Scragg, Robert ^a   Stewart, Joanna ^a   Lennon, Diana ^b   Kivell, Denise ^b   Ford, Rodney ^c   Menzies, Rosalie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Child and Youth Health   (New Zealand)

^c Canterbury District Health Board ^*  (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0037454367     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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