Risk factors for deaths in under-age-five children attending a diarrhoea treatment centre

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1070-1075

  Teka, T ^a,b   Faruque, A S G ^a   Fuchs, G J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Case control study; Children; Diarrhoea mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHIGELLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 0029761549     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb14219.x     Document Type: Article

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