Signs and symptoms indicative of community-acquired pneumonia in infants under six months

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-155

  March, Maria De Fátima Bazhuni Pombo ^a   Sant'Anna, Clemax Couto ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRAZIL; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; X RAY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 26944441348     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 14138670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702005000200005     Document Type: Article

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