Incidence and risk factors of diarrheal diseases among 3-5 year old Israeli Arab children attending kindergartens

Harefuah

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 341-344

  Muhsen, Khitam ^a,b   Athamna, Abed ^b   Cohen, Dani ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Meshulash Research and Development Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gunshot; Kidney; Stab; Wounds, penetrating

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARAB; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICS;

ARABS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 34548620986     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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