Community acquired pneumonia in elderly people. this pneumonia is only a small fraction of all hospital cases of chest infection and pneumonia
Mamum, M.
Bmj 317(7171): 1524-1525
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0959-8138 PMID: 9882127 Document Number: 491904
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