A case-control study of acute respiratory tract infection in general practice patients in the Netherlands

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 490-497

  Van Gageldonk Lafeber, Arianne B ^a   Heijnen, Marie Louise A ^a,d   Bartelds, Aad I M ^b   Peters, Marcel F ^c   Van Der Plas, Simone M ^a   Wilbrink, Berry ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c Regional Laboratory of Public Health   (Netherlands)

^d Municipal Health Service   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINOVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 23244446777     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431982     Document Type: Article

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