Intussusception in children in Southern Israel: Disparity between 2 populations

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 236-240

  Greenberg, David ^a   Givon Lavi, Noga ^a   Newman, Nitza ^a   Wheeler, John ^a   Cohen, Zehavi ^a   Dagan, Ron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disparity; Epidemiology; Gastroenteritis; Intussusception

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTUSSUSCEPTION; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 44949114394     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31815bb6b1     Document Type: Article

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