Breastfeeding and bloody diarrhoea in young children in Ibadan, Nigeria

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-236

  Adeyemo, A A ^a   Sodeinde, O ^a   Gbadegesin, R A ^a   Ademowo, O G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REHYDRATION; RISK;

EID: 0030828334     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.4.235     Document Type: Article

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