Occurrence and management of acute respiratory illnesses in early childhood

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-146

  Kusel, Merci M H ^a,b   De Klerk, Nicholas ^a   Holt, Patrick G ^b   Landau, Louis I ^a   Sly, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory illnesses; Childhood; Epidemiology; Management

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846828173     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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