Risk factors for community-acquire pneumonia diagnosed upon hospital admission

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 954-963

  Farr, B M ^a,b,c   Bartlett, C L R ^b   Wadsworth, J ^a   Miller, D L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Congestive heart failure; Epidemiology; Occupational; Pneumonia; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASBESTOS; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGITALIS; GLUCOCORTICOID; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033754215     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2000.0865     Document Type: Article

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