Violence against women and increases in the risk of diarrheal disease and respiratory tract infections in infancy: A prospective cohort study in Bangladesh

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 931-936

  Åsling Monemi, Kajsa ^a   Naved, Ruchira Tabassum ^b   Persson, Lars Åke ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANCY; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPLEMENTATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 70349729996     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.167     Document Type: Article

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