The Epidemiology of Hospitalization for Pneumonia in Children under Five in the Rural Western Region of Nepal: A Descriptive Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Banstola, Amrit ^a   Banstola, Ashik ^b  

^a POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b Kathmandu College of Science and Technology   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84881335255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071311     Document Type: Article

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