Risk factors for mortality among hospitalized children with persistent diarrhoea in Pakistan

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 330-336

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed ^a   Nizami, S Q ^a   Thobani, S ^a   Issani, Z ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIET; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; RICE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEPSIS; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0031447043     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.6.330     Document Type: Article

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