Erratum: Association of BCG, DTP, and measles containing vaccines with childhood mortality: Systematic review (BMJ (Online) (2016) 355 (i5170) DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i5170);Association of BCG, DTP, and measles containing vaccines with childhood mortality: Systematic review

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 355, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Higgins, Julian P T ^a   Soares Weiser, Karla ^b   López López, José A ^a   Kakourou, Artemisia ^c   Chaplin, Katherine ^a   Christensen, Hannah ^a   Martin, Natasha K ^a,d   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^a   Reingold, Arthur L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Albans House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RETINOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE SEQUENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEASLES; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MORTALITY; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 84991677029     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j1241     Document Type: Erratum

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