Provider-reported illness and absence due to illness among children attending child-care homes and centers in San Diego, Calif

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-280

  Cordell, Ralph L ^a,f   Waterman, Stephen H ^b,c   Chang, Albert ^b   Saruwatari, Mitchell ^b,d   Brown, Monica ^b,e   Solomon, Stephen L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^d Los Angeles Co Emergency Mgmt S   (United States)

^e Ctr Healthier Comm for Children   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SORE THROAT; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

EID: 0032987623     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.3.275     Document Type: Article

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