Introduction to the epidemiologic considerations, analytic methods, and foundational results from the pneumonia etiology research for child health study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages S179-S184

  O'Brien, Katherine L ^a   Baggett, Henry C ^b,c   Brooks, W Abdullah ^a,d   Feikin, Daniel R ^a,e   Hammitt, Laura L ^a,f   Howie, Stephen R C ^g,h,i   Knoll, Maria Deloria ^a   Kotloff, Karen L ^j   Levine, Orin S ^a,k   Madhi, Shabir A ^l,m   Murdoch, David R ^n,o   Scott, J Anthony G ^g   Thea, Donald M ^p   Zeger, Scott L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Centers for Disease Control CDC Thailand Field Station   (Thailand)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^l Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^o CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^p BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Case control analysis; Children; Etiology; PERCH; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85031286818     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix142     Document Type: Article

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