Timing of bronchiolitis hospitalisations and respiratory syncytial virus immunoprophylaxis in non-metropolitan Western Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 574-

  Moore, Hannah C ^a   Keil, Anthony D ^b   Richmond, Peter C ^b,c   Lehmann, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALIVIZUMAB; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AUSTRALIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; TIME; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77449119467     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb03319.x     Document Type: Letter

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