The role of mothers in the management of childhood diarrhoea in Nepal

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 235-238

  Ansari, Mukhtar ^a,b   Palaian, Subish ^b   Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham ^b  

^a Department of Pharmacology Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital and Research Center   (Nepal)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

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EID: 77954874022     PISSN: 18361935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2009.131     Document Type: Review

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