Population-based study of the impact of childcare attendance on hospitalizations for acute respiratory infections

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1439-1446

  Kamper Jørgensen, Mads ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Simonsen, Jacob ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^b   Benn, Christine Stabell ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Childcare; Epidemiology; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DENMARK; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750129891     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0373     Document Type: Article

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