Bronchiolitis and pneumonia requiring hospitalization in young First Nations children in Northern Ontario, Canada

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1023-1026

  McCuskee, Sarah ^a   Kirlew, Michael ^b   Kelly, Len ^b   Fewer, Sonya ^c   Kovesi, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^c Medical Records Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Center   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis viral; Indians; Infant; North American; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CANADA; CHILD; FIRST NATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; ARCTIC; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; INUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIRUS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; MALE; ONTARIO; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84926140042     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000361     Document Type: Article

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