A study on determinants of occurrence of complications and fatality among diphtheria cases admitted to ID & BG Hospital of Kolkata

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-58

  Haldar, Anima ^a   Mundle, Malay ^b   Haldar, Santanu ^c   Rana, Rajashree ^d   Chatterjee, Sita ^e   Soren, Asit Baran ^b  

^a BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Community Medicine

^c Govt of West Bengal ^*

^d ID and BG Hospital   (India)

^e INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Case fatality rate; Complication; DPT vaccine; Immunization

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53649102221     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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