Lower respiratory tract infections in an ethnic and social context

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-60

  Hjern, Anders ^a,b   Haglund, Bengt ^b   Bremberg, Sven ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SWEDEN;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033974394     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2000.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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