Diarrhoea morbidity in children in the Asaro Valley, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-14

  Wyrsch, Michael ^a   Coakley, Keith ^a   Alexander, Neal ^a   Saleu, Gerard ^a   Taime, John ^a   Kakazo, Mexy ^a   Howard, Peter ^a   Lehmann, Deborah ^a,b  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MELANESIA; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; HEALTH; MEASUREMENT; MELANESIA; MORBIDITY; OCEANIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; YOUTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032008689     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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