Lack of association between hepatitis B birth immunization and neonatal death: A population-based study from the Vaccine Safety Datalink Project

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 656-661

  Eriksen, Eileen M ^a   Perlman, Jeffrey A ^a   Miller, Alvin ^a   Marcy, S Michael ^a,b   Lee, Hang ^a   Vadheim, Constance ^a   Zangwill, Kenneth M ^a   Chen, Robert T ^c   DeStefano, Frank ^c   Lewis, Edwin ^d   Black, Steven ^d   Shinefield, Henry ^d   Ward, Joel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Neonatal mortality; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3142683640     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000130953.08946.d0     Document Type: Article

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