The burden of pneumonia in children: An Asian perspective

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-93

  Singh, Varinder ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Childhood mortality; Developing countries; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RETINOL; TOBACCO SMOKE; ZINC;

ADENOVIRUS; AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; ASIAN; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BREAST FEEDING; BREATHING RATE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROWDING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VACCINATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHEEZING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AIR POLLUTION; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AVITAMINOSIS; CHILD; CROWDING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEASLES; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 18844365923     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2005.03.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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