The burden of pneumonia in children in Latin America

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-87

  Fuchs, Sandra C ^a   Fischer, Gilberto B ^b   Black, Robert E ^c   Lanata, Claudio ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Childhood mortality; Deaths; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS VACCINE; ZINC;

BOLIVIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHILE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; GUYANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; PERU; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URUGUAY; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 18844453732     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2005.03.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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