Hospitalizations for respiratory disease among unaccompanied children from Central America — Multiple States, June–July 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 63, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 698-699

  Nyangoma, Edith N ^a,b   Arriola, Carmen Sofia ^a,c   Hagan, Jose ^a   Socias, Christina ^a,d   Tomczyk, Sara ^a,c   Watkins, Louise Francois ^a,c   Westercamp, Matthew ^a,c   Kim, Curi ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^e Administration for Children and Families   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CENTRAL AMERICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906672207     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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