The effect of vitamin A supplementation administered with missing vaccines during national immunization days in Guinea-Bissau

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 304-311

  Benn, Christine Stabell ^a,b   Martins, Cesario ^a,b   Rodrigues, Amabelia ^a,b   Ravn, Henrik ^a,b   Fisker, Ane Bærent ^a,b   Christoffersen, Dorthe ^a,b   Aaby, Peter ^a,b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine; Low income populations; Measles vaccine; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL;

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNIZATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MEASLES; MORTALITY; VACCINATION; VITAMIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MONOTHERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERTUSSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL; TETANUS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

AFRICA; GUINEA-BISSAU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 60149104394     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn195     Document Type: Article

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