Non-specific effect of measles vaccination on overall child mortality in an area of rural India with high vaccination coverage: A population-based case-control study

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 244-250

  Kabir, Zubair ^a   Long, Jean ^b   Reddaiah, Vankadara P ^c   Kevany, John ^b   Kapoor, Suresh K ^c  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Case control studies; India; Infant mortality; Measles vaccine; Sensitivity and specificity; Socioeconomic factors; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH SERVICES; MEASLES; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

INDIA;

EID: 0038035455     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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