Studies on diarrhoeal illness among hospitalized children under 5 years of age in Baghdad during 1990-97

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 181-188

  Tawfeek, H I ^a   Najim, N H ^b   Al Mashikhi, S ^b  

^a MIDDLE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; IRAQ; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4444380627     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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