Why the MRC randomized trials of whooping cough (pertussis) vaccines remain important more than half a century after they were done

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 343-345

  Jefferson, T ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG POTENCY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERTUSSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT DURATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 34547108112     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.100.7.343     Document Type: Short Survey

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