Pulmonary infiltrate among children with cough and tachypnea [1]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 757-

  Castro, Andréa V ^a   Nascimento Carvalho, Cristiana M ^a   Ney Oliveira, Fabrízio ^a   Araújo Neto, César A ^a   Andrade, Sandra C ^a   Loureiro, Luciana ^b   Luz, Pierangeli ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Jorge Valente Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; KAPPA STATISTICS; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYPNEA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33746763861     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000227821.38732.1f     Document Type: Letter

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