Attendance at day care centers increases the risk of childhood pneumonia among the urban poor in Fortaleza, Brazil

Attendance at day care centers increases the risk of childhood pneumonia among the urban poor in Fortaleza, Brazil

We carried out a case-control study to investigate risk factors for childhood pneumonia in two groups of 650 children aged under two years in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. The cases were children recruited at the main pediatric hospital with a radiological diagnosis of pneumonia, and control...

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Main Authors: Fonseca Walter, Kirkwood Betty R., Barros Aluisio J. D., Misago Chizuru, Correia Luciano L., Flores Jose A. M., Fuchs Sandra C., Victora Cesar G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 1996-01-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Pneumonia
Morbidity
Child Health
Epidemiology
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1996000200002

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