Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia in German adults: The impact of children in the household

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1389-1397

  Schnoor, Maike ^a   Klante, T ^b   Beckmann, M ^b   Robra, B P ^b   Welte, T ^c   Raspe, H ^a   Schafer T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38449102537     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807007832     Document Type: Article

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