The effect of a vaccination program on child anthropometry: evidence from India's Universal Immunization Program

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2012
UIP led to improved child growth. This suggests that vaccination programs-in addition to being a major intervention for reducing child mortality-might be considered a tool for mitigating undernutrition in developing countries. This study also adds to the growing evidence that childhood vaccination p …
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Authors Anekwe TD;Kumar S;;
Journal Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
Year 2012
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22611261
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india National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE Health Care humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine logistic models research support non-u.s. gov't u.s. gov't non-p.h.s. female male Child preschool malnutrition / prevention & control* anthropometry outcome assessment pmid:22611261 doi:10.1093/pubmed/fds032 tobenna d anekwe santosh kumar child development / physiology* communicable disease control / methods communicable disease control / standards* communicable diseases / complications* communicable diseases / etiology health surveys immunization programs / standards* immunization programs / statistics & numerical data malnutrition / complications malnutrition / etiology national health programs / standards* nutritional status*

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