Risk factors for lower respiratory tract infection death among infants in the United States, 1999-2004

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Singleton, Rosalyn J ^a,b   Wirsing, Elisabeth A ^c   Haberling, Dana L ^c   Christensen, Krista Y ^c   Paddock, Christopher D ^c   Hilinski, Joseph A ^d   Stoll, Barbara J ^d   Holman, Robert C ^c  

^a ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; American Indian; Bronchiolitis; Death; Epidemiology; Infants; Low birth weight; Lower respiratory tract infection; Mortality; Pneumonia; Race; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349731692     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0109     Document Type: Article

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