Systematic review of diarrhea duration and severity in children and adults in low- and middle-income countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lamberti, Laura M ^a   Fischer Walker, Christa L ^a   Black, Robert E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859396301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-276     Document Type: Review

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