Risk factors and viruses associated with hospitalization due to lower respiratory tract infections in Canadian Inuit children : a case-control study.

Objectives: To examine risk factors for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) hospital admission in the Canadian Arctic.

Methods: This was a case-control study during a 14-month period among children less than 2 years of age. Cases were admitted to the Baffin Regional Hospital in Iqaluit, Nunavut with LRTI.