Relating diarrheal disease to social networks and the geographic configuration of communities in rural Ecuador

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1088-1095

  Bates, Sarah J ^a   Trostle, James ^b   Cevallos, William T ^c   Hubbard, Alan ^a   Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Ecuador; Environment and public health; Geography; Social support

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GIS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIARRHEA; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35348880376     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm184     Document Type: Article

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