Poor Growth and Pneumonia Seasonality in Infants in the Philippines: Cohort and Time Series Studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Paynter, Stuart ^a   Ware, Robert S ^a   Lucero, Marilla G ^b   Tallo, Veronica ^b   Nohynek, Hanna ^c   Simões, Eric A F ^d   Weinstein, Philip ^e   Sly, Peter D ^a   Williams, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 84879519121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067528     Document Type: Article

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