Measles case fatality ratio in India: A review of community based studies

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 983-989

  Sudfeld, C R ^a   Halsey, N A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Case fatality rate; India; Measles; Mortality; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL;

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MEASLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70449432588     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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