Acute Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Lethality Risk in Hospitalized Infants

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-308

  Fagundes Neto, Ulysses ^a   de Andrade, Jacy A B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhea; Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; Lethality; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFANT; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0032793472     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1999.10718868     Document Type: Article

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