Severe early lower respiratory tract infection is associated with subsequent respiratory morbidity in preschool inuit children in Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-247

  Andrew Kovesi, Thomas ^a   Cao, Zhirong ^b   Osborne, Geraldine ^c   Egeland, Grace M ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

Author keywords

asthma; child (preschool); cough; Inuit; Nunavut; pneumonia; respiratory sounds wheezing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CANADA; CHILD; COUGHING; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARENTAL SMOKING; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WHEEZING;

AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHIOLITIS; CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 79952589126     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.560320     Document Type: Article

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