The epidemiological and clinical characteristics and nutritional development of infants with acute diarrhoea, in north-eastern Brazil

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-365

  Maranhao H S ^a,c   Medeiros, M C C ^a   Scaletsky, I C A ^b   Fagundes Neto, U ^b   Morais, M B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; REHYDRATION; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS; SHIGELLA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ROTAVIRUS; SHIGELLA;

EID: 45849129437     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X278865     Document Type: Article

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