Epidemiology of Diarrhea in Urban Slums

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-151

  Gupta, Piyush ^a,b   Murali, M V ^a   Seth, Alka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Near Telephone Exchange   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA--DETERMINANTS; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; JUVENILE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SLUMS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA--DETERMINANTS; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SLUMS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031994329     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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