Global estimate of the incidence of clinical pneumonia among children under five years of age

• Main Authors: Igor Rudan (Author), Lana Tomaskovic (Author), Cynthia Boschi-Pinto (Author), Harry Campbell (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: Clinical pneumonia (defined as respiratory infections associated with clinical signs of pneumonia, principally pneumonia and bronchiolitis) in children under five years of age is still the leading cause of childhood mortality in the world. In this paper we aim to estimate the worldwide in...