Pneumonia and bronchiolitis in developing countries

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 892-893

  Duke, Trevor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; CRACKLE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INFECTION RISK; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MIXED INFECTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; WHEEZING; ARTICLE; CHILD; GENERAL PAEDIATRICS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY; TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS;

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

GENERAL PAEDIATRICS; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; RESPIRATORY; TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84908022013     PISSN: 17430585     EISSN: 17430593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306838     Document Type: Review

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