Non-specific effects of vaccination on child survival: Prospective cohort study in Burkina Faso

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7478, 2004, Pages 1309-1311

  Vaugelade, J ^a   Pinchinat, S ^b   Guiella, G ^c   Elguero, E ^a   Simondon, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Axonal Biostatem   (France)

^c Unité d'Etudes et de Recherche en Démographie   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TETANUS; VACCINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

BCG VACCINE; BURKINA FASO; COHORT STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SURVIVAL RATE; VACCINATION;

EID: 16544366208     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38261.496366.82     Document Type: Article

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