Effects of misclassification of causes of death on the power of a trial to assess the efficacy of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in The Gambia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 430-436

  Jaffar, Shabbar ^a   Leach, Amanda ^b   Smith, Peter G ^a   Cutts, Felicity ^a,b   Greenwood, Brian ^a  

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

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Child mortality; Pneumococcal vaccines; Post mortem questionnaire; Randomized trial; Sample size; Sensitivity; Specificity; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; MORTALITY; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; GAMBIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0038480678     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg082     Document Type: Article

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