Divergent female-male mortality ratios associated with different routine vaccinations among female-male twin pairs

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 367-373

  Aaby, Peter ^a,b,d   Jensen, Henrik ^a,b   Rodrigues, Amabelia ^a   Garly, May Lill ^a,b   Benn, Christine Stabell ^a,b   Lisse, Ida Maria ^a   Simondon, Francois ^c  

^a BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BCG; DTP; Female male twins; Gender specific mortality; Measles vaccine; Non specific effects of vaccines

Indexed keywords

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

GENDER DISPARITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY RISK; VACCINATION;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RURAL AREA; SENEGAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS; TWINS; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION;

BCG VACCINE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SENEGAL; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VACCINATION;

AFRICA; GUINEA-BISSAU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 2342575684     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh004     Document Type: Article

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