Water sources are associated with childhood diarrhoea prevalence in rural east-central Mali

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 416-425

  Plate, David K ^a,c   Strassmann, Beverly I ^a   Wilson, Mark L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b 109 South Observatory   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Dug well; Infectious disease epidemiology; Risk factors; Tube well; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

WELL WATER;

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALI; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1642280996     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01200.x     Document Type: Article

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