Perspectives on the burden of pneumonia in children

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2394-2397

  Mulholland, Kim ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case management; Developing countries; Immunization; Infant mortality; Pneumonia; United States

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHILOSOPHY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847611055     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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