Increasing hospital admissions for pneumonia, England

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 727-733

  Trotter, Caroline L ^a   Stuart, James M ^b   George, Robert ^b   Miller, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 45249108011     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1405.071011     Document Type: Article

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