Identification and selection of cases and controls in the pneumonia etiology research for child health project

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Deloria Knoll, Maria ^a   Feikin, Daniel R ^a,b   Scott, J Anthony G ^c,d   O'Brien, Katherine L ^a   Deluca, Andrea N ^a   Driscoll, Amanda J ^a   Levine, Orin S ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84858121227     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir1066     Document Type: Article

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