Diarrheal illness in a cohort of children 0-2 years of age in rural Bangladesh: I. Incidence and risk factors

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 430-437

  Pathela, Preeti ^a   Hasan, K Zahid ^b   Roy, Eliza ^b   Huq, Fazlul ^b   Siddique, A Kasem ^b   Sack, R Bradley ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Diarrhea; Incidence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33646684747     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250500444875     Document Type: Article

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