Comparative impact assessment of child pneumonia interventions

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 472-480

  Niessen, Louis ^a   Ten Hove, Anne ^b   Hilderink, Henk ^c   Weber, Martin ^d   Mulholland, Kim ^e   Ezzati, Majid ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH RISK; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NATIONAL STRATEGY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PNEUMONIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; RISK REDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 67649160604     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.050872     Document Type: Article

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