Acute lower respiratory tract infection : The forgotten pandemic

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 873-875

  Kabra, S K ^a   Verma, I C ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0033223254     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02723858     Document Type: Article

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