Measles mortality reduction contributes substantially to reduction of all cause mortality among children less than five years of age, 1990-2008

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Van Den Ent, Maya M V X ^a   Brown, David W ^a   Hoekstra, Edward J ^a   Christie, Athalia ^b   Cochi, Stephen L ^c  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 4; MORTALITY; MORTALITY REDUCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; TIME; VACCINATION;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79960856272     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir081     Document Type: Article

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