Oral polio vaccine and intussusception: A data linkage study using records for vaccination and hospitalization

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 528-533

  Cameron, J Claire ^a   Walsh, David ^b   Finlayson, Alan R ^c   Boyd, James H ^c  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ISD Scotland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intussusception; Medical record linkage; Poliovirus vaccines

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

POLIOMYELITIS; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POLIOMYELITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

POLIOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 33644918623     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj070     Document Type: Article

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