Open AccessPrevalence and risk factors of acute respiratory infection among school children in coastal South India
Author(s) -
E. Suguna,
Santosh Kumar,
Gautam Roy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.138498
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , logistic regression , odds ratio , family history , univariate analysis , pediatrics , cross sectional study , respiratory infection , demography , multivariate analysis , respiratory system , pathology , sociology
There is a paucity of information available on acute respiratory infection (ARI) among school children in India. This study was aimed to assess the prevalence and certain risk factors associated with ARI among school children.