Determining causes of mortality in children enrolled in a vaccine field trial in a rural area in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 178-183

  Moyo, Sizulu ^a   Hawkridge, Tony ^a   Mahomed, Hassan ^a   Workman, Leslie ^a   Minnies, Deon ^a   Geiter, Lawrence J ^b   Verver, Suzanne ^c   Kibel, Maurice ^a   Hussey, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation   (United States)

^c KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood mortality; Death certificates; Verbal autopsies

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BCG VACCINATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEPTICEMIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDDEN DEATH; TUBERCULOSIS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33846821358     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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