Residential crowding and severe respiratory syncytial virus disease among infants and young children: A systematic literature review
Open Access
- 20 April 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 12 (1), 95
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-95
Abstract
The objective of this literature review was to determine whether crowding in the home is associated with an increased risk of severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in children younger than 5 years.Keywords
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