Ethnic differences in selective neonatal BCG immunisation: White British children miss out

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-249

  Srinivasan, R ^a   Menon, L ^a   Stevens, P ^a   Campbell, I ^a   Alfaham, M ^a  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BCG VACCINATION; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NEWBORN CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; BCG VACCINE; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; WALES;

EID: 33645051444     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.036269     Document Type: Article

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