A Quantative Assessment of The Nigerian Mothers’ Ability to Prepare Salt-Sugar Solution for the Home Management of Diarrhoea

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 243-246

  Ekanem, E E ^a   Akitoye, C O ^a   Adedeji, O T ^a   Salako, Q A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; SUGAR;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EVALUATION; EVALUATION REPORT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; MOTHER; NIGERIA; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENCE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STANDARD; WESTERN AFRICA; HOME CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EVALUATION; EVALUATION REPORT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; KNOWLEDGE; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; ORAL REHYDRATION; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARENTS; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; TREATMENT; WESTERN AFRICA;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCOSE; HUMAN; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027340567     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642409311300506     Document Type: Article

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