A prospective study of persistent diarrhea among children in an urban

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 144-156

  Schorling, John B ^a   Wanke, Christine A ^a   Schorling, Sophia K ^a   Mcauliffe, Jay F ^a,b   De Souza, Maria Auxiliadora ^c   Guerrant, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Project Hope/Brazil ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Developing countries; Diarrhea; Diarrhea, infantile; Escherichia coli infections; Giardia; Rotavirus infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; ROTAVIRUS;

AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE--ETIOLOGY; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SLUMS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0025368264     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115626     Document Type: Article

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