Non-specific sex-differential effect of DTP vaccination may partially explain the excess girl child mortality in Ballabgarh, India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1329-1337

  Krishnan, A ^a,b   Srivastava, R ^a   Dwivedi, P ^c   Ng, N ^b   Byass, P ^b   Pandav, C S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Pharmazz India Private Limited   (India)

Author keywords

DTP; Girl; Mortality; Non specific effects; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; PARENT COUNSELING; PERTUSSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

INDIA;

DTP; GIRL; MORTALITY; NON-SPECIFIC EFFECTS; VACCINE;

BCG VACCINE; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84886283972     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12192     Document Type: Article

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