Gender differences in hospitalization rates for respiratory tract infections in Danish youth

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-36

  Jensen Fangel, Søren ^a   Mohey, Rajesh ^a   Johnsen, Søren P ^a   Andersen, Paul Lehm ^a   Toft Sørensen, Henrik ^a   Østergaard, Lars ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1242296973     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310017618     Document Type: Article

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