Persistent diarrhea as a cause of childhood mortality in rural Bangladesh

Acta Pædiatrica

Volumn 81, Issue , 1992, Pages 12-14

  Fauveau, Vincent ^a,b   Henry, Fitzroy J ^a,c,d   Briend, André ^a,b,e   Yunus, Mohammed ^a   Chakraborty, Jyotsnamoy ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Control; malnutrition; mortality; persistent diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BANGLADESH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BANGLADESH; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RURAL HEALTH; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

EID: 0026928474     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1992.tb12365.x     Document Type: Article

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