Oral Rehydration Therapy a Neglected Treatment for Pediatric Diarrhea

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Straughn, Ann ^a   English, Beverly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; EDUCATION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PARENTS;

EID: 0030133041     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-199605000-00014     Document Type: Article

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