Seasonal diarrhoeal mortality among Mexican children

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 375-380

  Villa, S ^a   Guiscafre H ^b   Martinez, H ^b   Munoz O ^b   Gutierrez G ^b  

^a Unidad de Congresos   (Mexico)

^b Mex Social Secty Inst Min Hlth   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; SEASONALITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MORTALITY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033001694     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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