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Unnecessary injections given to children under five years

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Adults accompanying 64 children attending a hospital out-patient clinic were questioned about treatment and injections given for illnesses in the previous month. Half the children had received injections, almost all given by private doctors: we consider most of these injections to have been unnecessary. Three girls were paralysed by aggravation poliomyelitis after unnecessary injections. Adults approved of injections although they did not know what was injected.

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  1. M. B. Soudarssanane & H. V. Wyatt

    Present address: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Leeds, 1, Hollyshaw Terrace, LS 15 7BG, Leeds, U.K.

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  1. Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry

    D. Ashwath, C. Latha, M. B. Soudarssanane & H. V. Wyatt

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Ashwath, D., Latha, C., Soudarssanane, M.B. et al. Unnecessary injections given to children under five years. Indian J Pediatr 60, 451–454 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02751213

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