Risk factors of acute lower respiratory tract infections in children under five years of age

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-110

  Dharmage, Shyamali Chandrika ^a   Rajapaksa, Lalani Chandrika ^a   Fernando, Dulitha N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0030090198     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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