Journal article
Risk Factors and Viruses Associated With Hospitalization Due to Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Canadian Inuit Children
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To examine risk factors for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) hospital admission in the Canadian Arctic.
METHODS: This was a case-control study during a 14-month period among children less than 2 years of age. Cases were admitted to the Baffin Regional Hospital in Iqaluit, Nunavut with LRTI. Controls were age matched and came from Iqaluit and 2 communities. Odds ratios (ORs) of hospital admission for LRTI were estimated …
Authors
Banerji A; Greenberg D; White LF; Macdonald WA; Saxton A; Thomas E; Sage D; Mamdani M; Lanctôt KL; Mahony JB
Journal
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Vol. 28, No. 8, pp. 697–701
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
August 2009
DOI
10.1097/inf.0b013e31819f1f89
ISSN
0891-3668