Symptoms and perceived severity of illness as predictive of treatment for diarrhea in six Asian and African sites

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 429-439

  Yoder, P Stanley ^a   Hornik, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; ORT; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; DECISION MAKING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LASSITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING;

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHOEA TREATMENT; MOTHERS' KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 0030201498     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00408-4     Document Type: Article

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