Mid-upper arm circumference at age of routine infant vaccination to identify infants at elevated risk of death: A retrospective cohort study in the Gambia;Circonférence du bras à mi-hauteur à l'âge de la vaccination systématique des nourrissons pour identifier les enfants dont le risque de décès est élevé: Une étude de cohorte rétrospective en Gambie

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 887-894

  Mwangome, Martha K ^a   Fegan, Greg ^a   Fulford, Tony ^b   Prentice, Andrew M ^b   Berkley, James A ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK; VACCINATION;

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMBIA; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VACCINATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; VACCINATION;

GAMBIA;

EID: 84870423316     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.109009     Document Type: Article

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