Oral-Rehydration Therapy — the Role of Polymeric Substrates

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 319, Issue 20, 1988, Pages 1346-1348

  Carpenter, Charles C j ^a   Greenough, William B ^b   Pierce, Nathaniel F ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

CHILD; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION;

EID: 0024235884     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198811173192009     Document Type: Editorial

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