Burden of community-acquired pneumonia in Italian general practice

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1739-1742

  Sterrantino, Carmelo ^a   Trifirò, Gianluca ^a   Lapi, Francesco ^b   Pasqua, Alessandro ^b   Mazzaglia, Giampiero ^b   Piccinni, Carlo ^c   Cricelli, Claudio ^b   Rossi, Alessandro ^b   Blasi, Francesco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Italian College of General Practitioners   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890038210     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00128713     Document Type: Letter

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