Vaccination and child mortality

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9452, 2004, Pages 2156-2157

  Hall, Andrew J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

BCG VACCINATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIPHTHERIA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; NOTE; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 10944235008     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17604-6     Document Type: Note

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