Cholera, diarrhea, and oral rehydration therapy: Triumph and indictment

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 398-405

  Guerrant, Richard L ^a   Carneiro Filho, Benedito A ^a   Dillingham, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE POLYMER; GLUTAMINE; RETINOL; ZINC;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLERA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANITATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHOLERA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; SANITATION; WATER;

EID: 0043162137     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376619     Document Type: Review

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