Risk factors for 30-day mortality in elderly patients with lower respiratory tract infection: Community-based study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2190-2195

  Houston, Margaret S ^a   Silverstein, Marc D ^a   Suman, Vera J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030881727     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.19.2190     Document Type: Article

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