The global burden of diarrhoeal disease, as estimated from studies published between 1992 and 2000

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-204

  Kosek, Margaret ^a   Bern, Caryn ^c   Guerrant, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Cost of illness; Developing countries; Diarrhea epidemiology; Longitudinal studies; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0346826270     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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