Hospital-based case-control study of bronchiectasis in indigenous children in Central Australia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 902-908

  Valery, Patricia C ^a,b   Torzillo, Paul J ^d   Mulholland, Kim ^e   Boyce, Naomi C ^f   Purdie, David M ^a,b   Chang, Anne B ^b,c  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Children; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; ABORIGINE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16544372937     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000142508.33623.2f     Document Type: Article

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