Retrospective surveillance for intussusception in children aged less than five years in a south indian tertiary-care hospital

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 660-665

  Bhowmick, Kaushik ^a   Kang, Gagandeep ^a   Bose, Anuradha ^a   Chacko, Jacob ^a   Boudville, Irving ^b   Datta, Sanjoy K ^b   Bock, Hans L ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; India; Infantile; Intussusception; Retrospective studies; Rotavirus; Rotavirus vaccines

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS;

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79959342477     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v27i5.3777     Document Type: Article

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