Socio-economic determinants in selecting childhood diarrhoea treatment options in Sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel model

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Aremu, Olatunde ^a,b,c   Lawoko, Stephen ^a   Moradi, Tahereh ^a   Dalal, Koustuv ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOME CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACY; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960941622     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-37-13     Document Type: Article

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