Community-acquired pneumonia in adults in Mainland Portugal - Incidence and mortality in hospital inpatients between 1998 and 2000;Pneumonia da comunidade no adulto em Portugal Continental - Incidência e mortalidade dos internamentos hospitalares nos anos de 1998 a 2000

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-194

  Froes, Filipe ^a  

^a Hospital de Pulido Valente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CAP; Community acquired pneumonia; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PORTUGAL; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0041562557     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0873-2159(15)30679-6     Document Type: Article

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