Risk factors for childhood diarrhea incidence: Dynamic analysis of a longitudinal study

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 658-667

  Genser, Bernd ^a   Strina, Agostino ^a   Teles, Carlos A ^a   Prado, Matildes S ^a   Barreto, Mauricio L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750544270     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000239728.75215.86     Document Type: Article

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