Respiratory syncytial virus infection among young children with acute respiratory tract infection in Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 941-948

  Albargish, K A ^a   Hasony, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033186938     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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