Seasonal variation in the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 895-898

  Snyder, Charles L ^a   Hall, Matt ^b   Sharma, Vidya ^a   St Peter, Shawn D ^a  

^a Children's Mercy Hospital   (United States)

^b Child Health Corporation of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; FACTUAL DATABASE; STATISTICS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERIODICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952018027     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2675-5     Document Type: Article

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