Pneumonia among young infants in rural Southeast Asia (Bohol Island, Philippines)

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1457-1466

  Quiambao, Beatriz P ^a   Ruutu, Petri J ^b   Ladesma, Erma A ^c   Gozum, Lorena S ^a   Inobaya, Marianette T ^a   Lupisan, Socorro P ^a   Sombrero, Lydia T ^a   Romano, Vicente ^d   Simoes, Eric A F ^e  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital   (Philippines)

^d PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

^e University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal infections; Neonatal pneumonia; Pneumonia deaths

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH WORKER; INFANT MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; FATALITY; FEEDING; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMONIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RURAL AREA; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

ASIA; BOHOL [(ISL) VISAYAS]; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VISAYAS;

EID: 70449426624     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02398.x     Document Type: Article

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