The burden of pneumonia in children: An Australian perspective

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 94-100

  Burgner, David ^a   Richmond, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Epidemiology; Indigenous child; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHNOLOGY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 18844390278     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2005.03.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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