What is the seasonal distribution of community acquired pneumonia over time? A systematic review

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-42

  Murdoch, Katherine M ^a,b   Mitra, Biswadev ^b,c   Lambert, Stephen ^d,e   Erbas, Bircan ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Admissions; Community acquired; Pneumonia; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADMISSIONS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

ADMISSIONS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED; PNEUMONIA; SEASONALITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PNEUMONIA; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84895046935     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2013.12.002     Document Type: Review

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