Investigating the early-life determinants of illness in Africa: The Drakenstein Child Health Study

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 592-594

  Zar, H J ^a   Barnett, W ^a   Myer, L ^a   Stein, D J ^a   Nicol, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOME; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CHILD WELFARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIOTA; PNEUMONIA; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84938054612     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206242     Document Type: Article

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