Characteristics of radiographically diagnosed pneumonia in under-5 children in salvador, Brazil

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 873-877

  Key, N K ^a   Araujo Neto C A ^a   Cardoso, M R A ^b   Nascimento Carvalho, C M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Brazil; Children; Pneumonia; Respiratory distress; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIOLOGIST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WHEEZING;

EID: 84856149350     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0142-6     Document Type: Article

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