Attendance at day care centers increases the risk of childhood pneumonia among the urban poor in Fortaleza, Brazil Práticas relacionadas aos cuidados da criança aumentam o risco de pneumonia nas crianças menores de dois anos em Fortaleza, Brasil

• Main Authors: Walter Fonseca (Author), Betty R. Kirkwood (Author), Aluisio J. D. Barros (Author), Chizuru Misago (Author), Luciano L. Correia (Author), Jose A. M. Flores (Author), Sandra C. Fuchs (Author), Cesar G. Victora (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 1996-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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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 contro...