A retrospective population-based cohort study identifying target areas for prevention of acute lower respiratory infections in children

Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are a major cause of hospitalisation in young children

Authors:
Moore HC, de Klerk N, Richmond P, Lehmann D.

Authors notes:
BMC Public Health. 2010 Dec 7;10:757.

Keywords:
retrospective population-based cohort study, target areas, prevention of acute lower respiratory infections, children

Abstract:
Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are a major cause of hospitalisation in young children. Many factors can lead to increased risk of ALRI in children and predispose a child to hospitalisation, but population attributable fractions for different risk factors and how these fractions differ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children is unknown.