Epidemiology and clinical features of pneumonia according to radiographic findings in Gambian children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1377-1385

  Enwere, Godwin ^a,d   Cheung, Yin Bun ^b   Zaman, Syed M A ^a   Akano, Alieu ^c   Oluwalana, Claire ^a   Brown, Okoko ^a   Vaughan, Adeola ^a   Adegbola, Richard ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^b   Cutts, Felicity ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

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

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Epidemiology; Pneumonia; Radiographic findings

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION; SYMPTOM; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALMONELLA; THORAX WALL; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

AFRICA; GAMBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36549000797     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01922.x     Document Type: Article

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