The variability of childhood diarrhea in Karachi, Pakistan, 2002-2006

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 870-877

  Luby, Stephen P ^a,b   Agboatwalla, Mubina ^c   Hoekstra, Robert M ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Health Oriented Preventive Education Karachi   (Pakistan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79958751404     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0364     Document Type: Article

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