Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5719938 | Paediatric Respiratory Reviews | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryPneumonia is a major cause of disease and death in infants and young children (aged <5 years) globally, as it is in the World Health Organization Western Pacific region. A better understanding of the underlying risk factors associated with child pneumonia is important, since pragmatic primary prevention strategies are likely to achieve major reductions in pneumonia-associated morbidity and mortality in children. This review focuses on risk factors with high relevance to the Western Pacific region, including a lack of exclusive breastfeeding, cigarette smoke and air pollution exposure, malnutrition and conditions of poverty, as well as common co-morbidities. Case management and vaccination coverage have been considered elsewhere.
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Authors
T.K.P. Nguyen, T.H. Tran, C.L. Roberts, G.J. Fox, S.M. Graham, B.J. Marais,