Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine effectiveness: study quality must not be ignored

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 664-

  Trotter, Caroline ^a   Scott, Pippa ^b   Huss, Anke ^b   Egger, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGED; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 53949115928     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70239-1     Document Type: Letter

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