Prediction of child health by household density and asset-based indices in impoverished indigenous villages in rural Panamá

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 280-291

  Halpenny, Carli M ^a   Koski, Kristine G ^a   Valdés, Victoria E ^b   Scott, Marilyn E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANAMA; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PANAMA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOAPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER QUALITY;

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EID: 84857029591     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0289     Document Type: Article

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