Influence of age on symptoms at presentation in patients with community- acquired pneumonia

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1453-1459

  Metlay, Joshua P ^a   Schulz, Richard ^b   Li, Yi Hwei ^b,d   Singer, Daniel E ^a   Marrie, Thomas J ^c   Coley, Christopher M ^a   Hough, Linda J ^b   Obrosky, D Scott ^b   Kapoor, Wishwa N ^b   Fine, Michael J ^b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030878141     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.13.1453     Document Type: Article

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