Defecation practices of young children in a Peruvian shanty town

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-541

  Yeager, Beth A C ^a   Huttly, Sharon R A ^b   Bartolini, Rosario ^a   Martha Rojas, ^a   Lanata, Claudio F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defecation practices; Diarrhea; Hygiene promotion; Peru

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTAMINATION; DEFECATION; DIAPER; DIARRHEA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HYGIENE; PERU; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PERU; POVERTY; SANITATION;

PERU;

EID: 0032974794     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00119-7     Document Type: Article

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