Magnitude and impact of diarrheal diseases

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 351-355

  Guerrant, Richard L ^a   Kosek, Margaret ^a   Moore, Sean ^a   Lorntz, Breyette ^a   Brantley, Richard ^a   Lima, Aldo A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea morbidity; Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs); Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST OF ILLNESS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FECES ANALYSIS; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALABSORPTION; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COGNITION; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POVERTY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036661947     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(02)00379-X     Document Type: Review

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