The use of large databases to study pneumonia: What is their value?

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 481-489

  Wiemken, Timothy ^a   Peyrani, Paula ^a   Arnold, Forest W ^a   Ramirez, Julio ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Database; Health care associated pneumonia; Hospital acquired pneumonia; Pneumonia; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 80051901128     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: 15578216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2011.05.007     Document Type: Review

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