Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 101-104 , 2008

Respiratory tract infections in a military recruit setting: A prospective cohort study

  • Vasilios German

      Affiliations

    • Medical Service of the Hellenic Army Supply and Transportation Corps Training Center, Sparta, Greece
    • ,
  • Petros Kopterides

      Affiliations

    • Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Panagiotis Poulikakos

      Affiliations

    • Medical Service of the Hellenic Army Supply and Transportation Corps Training Center, Sparta, Greece
    • ,
  • Georgios Giannakos

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Department, 417 NIMTS Hospital of Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Matthew E. Falagas

      Affiliations

    • Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece
    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), 9 Neapoleos Street, 151 23 Marousi, Greece. Tel.: +30 694 611 0000; fax: +30 210 683 9605.

Received 14 August 2008 ,Revised 15 September 2008 ,Accepted 16 September 2008.

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PII: S1876-0341(08)00027-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2008.09.002

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 101-104 , 2008

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