Mothers' personal and domestic hygiene and diarrhoea incidence in young children in rural Bangladesh

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 242-247

  Alam, Nurul ^a   Wojtyniak, Bogdan ^a   Henry, Fitzroy J ^a   Rahaman, M Mujibur ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DIARRHEA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; MARKETING; MATCHED GROUPS; MEASUREMENT; MOTHERS; NATURAL RESOURCES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; PROMOTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; RURAL HEALTH; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0024554127     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/18.1.242     Document Type: Article

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