Are you overlooking oral rehydration therapy in childhood diarrhea? It's not just for use in developing countries

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Endsley, Scott ^a   Galbraith, Anne ^a  

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Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17444448355     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1998.10.455     Document Type: Review

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