Assessment and 2-year follow-up of some factors associated with severity of respiratory infections in early childhood

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 365-368

  Wesley, A G ^a   Loening, W E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIRE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SMOKE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BACTERIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUSES;

EID: 0030008456     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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