Epidemiology of lower respiratory tract infections in children

Journal of Comprehensive Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-98

  Boloursaz, Mohammad Reza ^a   Lotfian, Ferial ^a   Aghahosseini, Farahnaz ^a   Cheraghvandi, Ali ^b   Khalilzadeh, Soheila ^a   Farjah, Ali ^a   Boloursaz, Maryam ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Etiology; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RATE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84926680268     PISSN: 22518150     EISSN: 22518177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17795/compreped-10273     Document Type: Review

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