Spatial distribution of watery diarrhoea in children: Identification of 'risk areas' in a rural community in Bangladesh

Health and Place

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-186

  Myaux, J ^a,b   Ali, M ^a   Felsenstein, A ^a,b   Chakraborty, J ^a   De Francisco, A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Belg Admin for Devmt Cooperation   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clustering; Developing countries; Diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHOEA; DIARRHOEAL DISEASE; DISEASE DISTRIBUTION; MAPPING TECHNIQUE; RISK ANALYSIS; RURAL PEOPLE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0030817174     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(97)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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