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Oxford University Press, International Journal of Epidemiology, 1(43), p. 216-223, 2013
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt232
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Thymus development and infant and child mortality in rural Bangladesh
Journal article published in 2013 by
Sophie E. Moore 
,
Anthony Jc Fulford,
Yukiko Wagatsuma,
Lars Å. Persson,
L. A. Persson,
Shams E. Arifeen ,
Andrew M. Prentice
,
Anthony Jc Fulford,
Yukiko Wagatsuma,
Lars Å. Persson,
L. A. Persson,
Shams E. Arifeen ,
Andrew M. Prentice
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Abstract
Background Data from West Africa indicate that a small thymus at birth and at 6 months of age is a strong and independent risk factor for infection-related mortality up to 24 and 36 months of age, respectively. We investigated the association between thymus size (thymic index, TI) in infancy and subsequent infant and child survival in a contemporary South Asian population.