Epiglottitis in adults and children in olmsted county, minnesota, 1976 through 1990

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1155-1161

  Kucera, Christine M ^a   Silverstein, Marc D ^b,c   Jacobson, Robert M ^d,e   Wollan, Peter C ^c,d,f   Jacobsen, Steven J ^e,g  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Section of Clinical Epidemiology   (United States)

^c Division of Area General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d Section of Biostatistics   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; EPIGLOTTITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; OTALGIA; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SORE THROAT; STRIDOR;

EID: 0030317877     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/71.12.1155     Document Type: Article

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