Pneumonia in children: Becoming harder to ignore

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1095, 1999, Pages 345-347

  Grant, Cameron C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033543391     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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