Open AccessPrevalence of acute respiratory infection among under-five children in urban and rural areas of puducherry, India
Author(s) -
Sandeep Kumar,
Anindo Majumdar,
V Dinesh Kumar,
Bijay Nanda Naik,
Kalaiselvi Selvaraj,
Karthik Laksham Balajee
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.149069
Subject(s) - overcrowding , medicine , residence , incidence (geometry) , demography , environmental health , rural area , logistic regression , under five , odds ratio , cross sectional study , respiratory infection , geography , respiratory system , physics , pathology , sociology , optics , economics , economic growth
The incidence of Acute respiratory infections (ARI) is high among under-five children, especially in developing countries. However, the data on ARI from rural and urban areas in India are scarce.