Impact of oral rehydration and selected public health interventions on reduction of mortality from childhood diarrhoeal diseases in Mexico

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-197

  Gutierrez G ^a,c   Tapia Conyer, R ^b   Guiscafre H ^a   Reyes, H ^a   Martinez H ^a   Kumate, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEXICO; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEASLES VACCINE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILD MORTALITY; DIARRHOEA TREATMENT; HEALTH INTERVENTION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0029669910     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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