The epidemiology of acute diarrhoea in a rural community in Imo State, Nigeria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 865-870

  Huttly, Sharon R A ^a   Blum, Deborah ^b   Kirkwood, Betty R ^a   Emeh, Robert N ^c   Feachem, Richard G ^b  

^a Tropical Epidemiology Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Economic Development ^*  (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023518770     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(87)90055-1     Document Type: Article

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