Risk factors for acute respiratory tract infections in young Greenlandic children

• Published in: American Journal of Epidemiology
• Main Authors: Koch, Anders, Mølbak, Kåre, Homøe, Preben, Sørensen, Per, Hjuler, Thomas, Olesen, Mette Ehmer, Pejl, June, Pedersen, Freddy Karup, Olsen, Ove Rosing, Melbye, Mads
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Child; Cohort studies; Eskimos; Infection; Respiratory tract infection; Risk factors; Greenland; Sisimiut; eskimo*; greenlandic; inuit
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/risk-factors-for-acute-respiratory-tract-infections-in-young-greenlandic-children(943d759b-57f6-4def-b3fb-937588106743).html; https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwg143; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0043286865&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Acute respiratory infections cause considerable morbidity among Inuit children, but there is very little information on the risk factors for these infections in this population. To identify such factors, the authors performed a prospective community-based study of acute respiratory infections in an...