Lower respiratory tract infections and gastrointestinal infections among mature babies in Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 431-445

  Kawai, Takumi ^a   Goto, Aya ^a   Watanabe, Eiko ^b   Nagasawa, MacHiko ^b   Yasumura, Seiji ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Health Promotion Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

epidemiology; gastrointestinal infections; hospitalization; infant; respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80052000254     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03285.x     Document Type: Article

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