Vaccines and unexpected observations: Flaws or cause for concern?

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2405-2406

  Aaby, Peter ^a   Rodrigues, Amabelia ^a   Biai, Sidu ^a   Martins, Cesario ^a   Veirum, Jens Erik ^a   Benn, Christine Stabell ^a   Jensen, Henrik ^a  

^a BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION; CHILD; GUINEA-BISSAU; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

CHILD; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 14744284418     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.11.045     Document Type: Letter

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