Association of gestational age and growth measures at birth with infection-related admissions to hospital throughout childhood: a population-based, data-linkage study from Western Australia

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 952-961

  Miller, Jessica E ^a   Hammond, Geoffrey C ^b   Strunk, Tobias ^c,d   Moore, Hannah C ^b   Leonard, Helen ^b   Carter, Kim W ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar ^e,f   Stanley, Fiona ^b   de Klerk, Nicholas ^b   Burgner, David P ^a,g,h,i  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d King Edward Maternity Hospital   (Australia)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ MONASH CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH LENGTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-10; ICD-9; INFECTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIRUS DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84961914074     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00150-X     Document Type: Article

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