Author/Editor		Kraigher, A; Marinič-Fišer, N
Title		Epidemiologija pljučnic pri otrocih
Translated title		Epidemiology of pneumonia in children
Type		članek
Source		Zdrav Vars
Vol. and No.		Letnik 32, št. 7-8
Publication year		1993
Volume		str. 147-52
Language		slo
Abstract		Respiratory diaeases have already numbers of years been the commonest cause of children and youth to go to a doctor: In Slovenia pneumonias present aproximately only l per cent of reported diagnoses according to data from health-statistical annual. In five years period during l987 -199l, 65 children died of pneumonta (as a primary cause of death). In the article the main agents of pneumonia among children and youth are described briefly, together with their epidemiological characteristics. The artirle deals also with data concerning morbidity, hospitalization and mortality due to pneumonia among Slovenian children. At the end, the programme for the control of acute respiratory infection is described.
Descriptors		PNEUMONIA CHILD, PRESCHOOL INFANT CHILD INCIDENCE SLOVENIA MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE HOSPITALIZATION SEX FACTORS