Pneumonia incidence and mortality in mainland China: Systematic review of Chinese and english literature, 1985-2008

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Guan, Xuhua ^a   Silk, Benjamin J ^b,c   Li, Wenkai ^c   Fleischauer, Aaron T ^c   Xing, Xuesen ^a   Jiang, Xiaoqing ^a   Yu, Hongjie ^d   Olsen, Sonja J ^c   Cohen, Adam L ^b  

^a Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ASIAN; REVIEW;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 77955354732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011721     Document Type: Article

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