Acute childhood morbidities in rural Wardha: Some epidemiological correlates and health care seeking

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 345-354

  Deshmukh, P ^a   Dongre, A ^a   Sinha, N ^a   Garg, B ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anemia; CIAF; Diarrhea; Dysentery; Fever; Malnutrition; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 70349954895     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.55886     Document Type: Article

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