Maternal knowledge on risk behavioural practices and it's association with diarrhoea in a rural community of West Bengal, India

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-255

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0032227426     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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