Risk factors for pneumonia in children under 5 years in a teaching hospital in Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 247-252

  Karki, Sita ^a   Fitzpatrick, A L ^b   Shrestha, S ^c  

^a KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Mothers; Pneumonia; Risk factors; Under 5 children

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HINDU; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PARENTAL SMOKING; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SMOKE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE;

EID: 84938844068     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v12i4.13729     Document Type: Article

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