Kawasaki syndrome hospitalizations and associated costs in the United States

Public Health Reports

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 464-469

  Belay, Ermias D ^a   Holman, Robert C ^a   Maddox, Ryan A ^a   Foster, David A ^b   Schonberger, Lawrence B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Solucient LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042822273     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50278-9     Document Type: Article

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