Respiratory tract infections in children in developing countries

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 84-92

  Cashat Cruz, Miguel ^a   Morales Aguirre, José Juan ^a   Mendoza Azpiri, Mónica ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 17044435824     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.spid.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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