Day care in relation to respiratory-tract and gastrointestinal infections in a German birth cohort study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1494-1499

  Zutavern, Anne ^a,b   Rzehak, Peter ^a,b   Brockow, Inken ^a,c   Schaaf, Beate ^d   Bollrath, Christina ^e   Von Berg, Andrea ^e   Link, Elke ^f   Kraemer, Ursula ^f   Borte, Michael ^g   Herbarth, Olf ^g,h   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,i   Heinrich, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Medical Practice for Pediatrics   (Germany)

^e MARIEN HOSPITAL WESEL   (Germany)

^f IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort; Day care; Gastrointestinal infections; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 34548664357     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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