Epidemiological and clinical evaluation of children with respiratory virus infections

Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Volumn 28, Issue 102, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Shatizadeh, Somayeh ^a   Yavarian, Jila ^a   Rezaie, Farhad ^a   Mahmoodi, Mahmood ^a   Naseri, Maryam ^a   Azad, Talat Mokhtari ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Iran; Respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928405514     PISSN: 10161430     EISSN: 22516840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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