Risk factors for upper respiratory infection in the first year of life in a birth cohort

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1835-1839

  Rupa, V ^a   Isaac, Rita ^a   Manoharan, Anand ^a   Jalagandeeswaran, R ^a   Thenmozhi, M ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Nasopharyngeal colonization; Risk factors; S. pneumoniae; Upper respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE CARRIER; EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE SMEAR; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84869137640     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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