Evolution of BCG scar and its relation to atopic diseases/ asthma and the nutritional status of the child

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-248

  Mundada, V ^a   Brown, N ^b  

^a PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BCG VACCINATION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ECZEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INDIA; LETTER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; WHEEZING;

BCG VACCINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 61449167012     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.145425     Document Type: Letter

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