The current status of community-acquired pneumonia management and prevention in children under 5 years of age in India: a review.

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Published in Ther Adv Infect Dis on July 04, 2016

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Krishna Kumar Yadav1, Shally Awasthi1

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1: Department of Pediatrics, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India.

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