Pneumonia hospitalization in Brazil from 2003 to 2007

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Berezin, Eitan Namaan ^a   Moraes, José Cássio de ^a   Hong, Ting ^b   Todd, Mark ^b   Seljan, Maria Palma ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Hospitalization; Incidence; Mortality; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-10; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864387083     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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