Acute respiratory infections among under-5 children in India: A situational analysis

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-20

  Selvaraj, Kalaiselvi ^a   Chinnakali, Palanivel ^b   Majumdar, Anindo ^a   Krishnan, Iswarya ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; control of acute respiratory infection; disease burden; National Immunization Schedule; pneumonia; under 5 children; vaccine status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897612151     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.127275     Document Type: Article

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