Epidemiology of diarrhoeal diseases among children under age 5 years in Dakahlia, Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 762-775

  El Gilany, A H ^a   Hammad, S ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; EGYPT; FATHER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MOTHER; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SUMMER; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROWDING; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SANITATION; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646200657     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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