Risk factors for childhoood pneumonia among the urban poor in Fortaleza, Brazil: A case-control study

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-208

  Fonseca, W ^a,e   Kirkwood, B R ^b   Victora, C G ^c   Fuchs, S R ^c   Flores, J A ^d   Misago, C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DA CRIANÇA SANTO ANTÔNIO   (Brazil)

^e Institute of Woman and Child Health   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROWDING; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; DAY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION; CHILD HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POOR;

BRAZIL, CEARA STATE, FORTALEZA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; COMORBIDITY; CROWDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029666147     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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