An epidemiological study of rotavirus diarrhoea in a cohort of Nigerian infants: II incidence of diarrhoea in the first two years of life

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 908-912

  Oyejide, C O ^a   Fagbami, A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MEASUREMENT; NAUSEA; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; VIRAL DISEASES; VOMITING; WESTERN AFRICA; YOUTH;

COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

DIARRHOEA INCIDENCE; INFANT INFECTION; ROTAVIRUS DIARRHOEA;

NIGERIA, IBADAN;

EID: 0024165722     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/17.4.908     Document Type: Article

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