Effect of total attending period on infection episode rate in a child-care center

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 555-560

  Yalçin, S Songül ^a,c   Tuǧrul, Belma ^a   Çetinkaya, Semra ^a   Çakir, Banu ^a   Yilmaz, Ayşe ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Gülveren Child Center   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attending period; Child care center; Episode rate; Infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 7044274621     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01950.x     Document Type: Article

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