Global paediatric pulmonology: Out of Africa

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Zar, Heather J ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

africa; child; HIV; pneumonia; respiratory; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BCG VACCINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AFRICA; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; CHILD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 33745200287     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2006.04.195     Document Type: Review

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