Sudden unexpected deaths and vaccinations during the first two years of life in Italy: A case series study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Traversa, Giuseppe ^a   Spila Alegiani, Stefania ^a   Bianchi, Clara ^a   Atti, Marta Ciofi Degli ^b   Frova, Luisa ^c   Massari, Marco ^a   Raschetti, Roberto ^a   Salmaso, Stefania ^a   Tomba, Gianpaolo Scalia ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FATALITY; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SUDDEN DEATH; VACCINATION; AGE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEWBORN; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; RISK; VACCINATION;

EID: 79551526442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016363     Document Type: Article

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