Rationale and expectations of the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 731-733

  Adegbola, Richard A ^a   Levine, Orin S ^b  

^a BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Etiology; Pneumonia; Research

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AUTOPSY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CROWDING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG ASPIRATION; MALNUTRITION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 81255157034     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ers.11.74     Document Type: Review

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