The epidemiology of respiratory tract infections

Seminars in Respiratory Infections

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 184-194

  File Jr , Thomas M ^a,b,c  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; SMOKING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033767882     PISSN: 08820546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/srin.2000.18059     Document Type: Article

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