Perceived Causes and Management of Diarrhoea in Young Children by Market Women in Enugu State, Nigeria

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-102

  Ene Obong, Henrietta N ^a,b   Iroegbu, Christian U ^a   Uwaegbute, Ada C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attitudes; Diarrhoea infantile; Drug therapy; Knowledge; Oral rehydration therapy; Practice

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NIGERIA;

EID: 0034263748     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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