Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia in pre-school-aged children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 402-412

  Grant, Cameron C ^a,b   Emery, Diane ^b   Milne, Tania ^a   Coster, Gregor ^a   Forrest, Christopher B ^c   Wall, Clare R ^a   Scragg, Robert ^a   Aickin, Richard ^b   Crengle, Sue ^a   Leversha, Alison ^a,b   Tukuitonga, Colin ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

child; pneumonia; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEST INFECTION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; NEW ZEALAND; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861186788     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02244.x     Document Type: Article

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