Persistent diarrhea: Risk factors and outcome

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 885-888

  Umamaheswari, B ^a   Biswal, Niranjan ^a   Adhisivam, B ^a   Parija, S C ^a   Srinivasan, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hyponatremia; LRI; Malnutrition; Persistent diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANEMIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84858416951     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0125-y     Document Type: Article

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