Is introduction of IPV "Good news for billions of children"?

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 409-

  Byberg, Stine ^a,b,c   Fisker, Ane Bærent ^a,b  

^a BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; INACTIVATED POLIO VACCINE; INACTIVATED VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG SAFETY; FATALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED;

EID: 84962540167     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00147-X     Document Type: Letter

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