An unexpectedly high incidence of acute childhood diarrhea in Koot-Abdollah, Ahwaz, Iran

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Kolahi, Ali Asghar ^a   Rastegarpour, Ali ^a   Abadi, Alireza ^a   Gachkar, Latif ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ahwaz; Diarrhea; Epidemiology; Incidence; Iran

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; IRAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POLLUTION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SANITATION; ACUTE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; HYGIENE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77953480144     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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