Respiratory infections in schoolchildren: Co-morbidity and risk factors

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 391-395

  Karevold, G ^a   Kvestad, E ^b   Nafstad, P ^c   Kvaerner K J ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 33646370749     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.083881     Document Type: Article

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