Diarrheal Deaths in American Children: Are They Preventable?

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 22, 1988, Pages 3281-3285

  Le, Mei Shang ^a   Glass, Roger I ^a   Pinsky, Paul F ^a   Young Okoh, Nacole ^b   Sappenfield, William M ^c   Buehler, James W ^c   Gunter, Nita ^d   Anderson, Larry J ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Morris Brown College   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Mississippi State Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023697533     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410220065029     Document Type: Article

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