Incidence of hospitalization due to pneumonia in children aged less than 3 years

Open Infectious Diseases Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-30

  Cilla, Gustavo ^a   Oñate, Eider ^a   Pérez Yarza, Eduardo G ^a   Nogués, Agustin ^a   Pérez Trallero, Emilio ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Childhood pneumonia; Hospitalization; Influenza vaccine; Pneumococcal vaccine; Pneumonia with consolidation

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953385603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874279300903010027     Document Type: Article

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