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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2021

Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Children: When Are Further Investigations Warranted?

Ziyaad Dangor, Charl Verwey, Sanjay G Lala, Theodore Mabaso, Keketso Mopeli, Denise Parris, Diane M Gray, Anne B Chang, Heather J Zar

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ziyaad DangorPaediatric Education and Research Ladder, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Charl VerweyDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Pulmonology, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Sanjay G LalaPaediatric Education and Research Ladder, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Theodore MabasoDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Pulmonology, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Keketso MopeliDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Pulmonology, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Denise ParrisDepartment of Paeditrics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Diane M GrayDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Anne B ChangDepartment of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Heather J ZarDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID34395346
PMCPMC8356913

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