Diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections prevalence and risk factors among under-five children in Iraq in 2000

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Siziya, Seter ^a   Muula, Adamson S ^b   Rudatsikira, Emmanuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 67650032384     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-35-8     Document Type: Article

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