Persistent diarrhoea in nigerian children aged less than five years: A hospital-based study

Journal of Diarrhoeal Diseases Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-160

  Sodeinde, Olugbemiro ^a   Aoeyemo, Adebowale A ^a   Gbadegesin, Rasheed A ^a   Ademowo, Olusegun G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acute; Child nutrition disorders; Child nutritional status; Diarrhoea; Infantile; Persistent; Prospective studies; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; JUVENILE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; NUTRITION INDEXES; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WESTERN AFRICA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION INDEXES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; STUDIES; WESTERN AFRICA; YOUTH;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031217283     PISSN: 02538768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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