A field trial of wheat-based oral rehydration solution among Afghan refugee children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-157

  Murphy, H H ^a,e   Bari, A ^b   Molla, A M ^c   Zaidi, A ^d   Hirschhorn, N ^a  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b Director General Family Planning   (Bangladesh)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^e Environmental Health Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Cereals; Diarrhea; Home fluids; Oral rehydration therapy; Wheat

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT;

EID: 0030063283     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb13982.x     Document Type: Article

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