Respiratory syncytial virus in young children

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9725, 2010, Pages 1500-1502

  Hall, Caroline Breese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77951636537     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60401-1     Document Type: Note

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