Diarrhoea-defining the episode

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 617-623

  Morris, Saul S ^a   Cousens, Simon N ^a   Lanata, Claudio F ^b   Kirkwood, Betty R ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MODEL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028238567     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/23.3.617     Document Type: Article

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