Impact of the socioeconomic status on the severity and outcome of community-acquired pneumonia among Egyptian children: A cohort study

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Azab, Seham F A H ^a   Sherief, Laila M ^a   Saleh, Safaa H ^a   Elsaeed, Wafaa F ^a   Elshafie, Mona A ^a   Abdelsalam, Sanaa M ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Community acquired pneumonia; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; CRACKLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EGYPT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; WHEEZING;

EID: 84908464219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-3-14     Document Type: Article

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