Risk behavioural practices of rural mothers as determinants of childhood diarrhoea

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-14

  Ghosh, S ^a   Sengupta, P G ^a   Mondal, S K ^a   Banu, M K ^a   Gupta, D N ^a   Sircar, B K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; BOTTLE FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA--DETERMINANTS; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; JUVENILE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; NATURAL RESOURCES; NUTRITION; PARENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SANITATION; SOUTHERN ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA--DETERMINANTS; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; HEALTH; HYGIENE; INDIA; INFANT NUTRITION; MOTHERS; NATURAL RESOURCES; NUTRITION; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SANITATION; SOUTHERN ASIA; WATER SUPPLY; YOUTH;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIA; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0031087389     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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