Individual and contextual determinants of the duration of diarrhoeal episodes in preschool children: A longitudinal study in an urban setting

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 689-696

  Santos, C A S T ^a,b   Strina, A ^a   Amorim, L D ^a   Genser, B ^a,c   Assis, A M O ^a   Prado, M S ^a   Barreto, M L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; children; duration of diarrhoea; risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TRICHURIASIS; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84858038946     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811000690     Document Type: Article

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