Causes of childhood diarrhea as perceived by mothers in the Punjab, Pakistan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 343-351

  Nielsen, Melanie ^a,b   Hoogvorst, Anneke ^c   Konradsen, Flemming ^c,d,e   Mudasser, Muhamad ^a   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 0141628891     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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