Assessing disease burden of respiratory disorders in Hong Kong children with hospital discharge data and linked laboratory data

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-121

  Nelson, Edmund A S ^a   Tam, John S ^b   Yu, L M ^c   Li, Albert M ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^a   Sung, Rita Y T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WYETH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Pediatrics; Respiration disorders

Indexed keywords

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHEST INFECTION; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROUP; DATA BASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 34147125960     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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