Morbidity from diarrhoea, cough and fever among young children in Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 427-445

  Kandala, N B ^a   Ji, C ^a   Stallard, N ^a   Stranges, S ^a   Cappuccio, F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PARENTING EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 47549096119     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X300797     Document Type: Article

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