Acute lower respiratory infections in developing countries

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9875, 2013, Pages 1341-1342

  Niederman, Michael S ^a   Krilov, Leonard R ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84876282438     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62178-3     Document Type: Note

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