Risk factors for extended duration of acute diarrhea in young children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Strand, Tor A ^a,b,c   Sharma, Pushpa R ^d   Gjessing, Håkon K ^a,c   Ulak, Manjeswori ^a,d   Chandyo, Ram K ^a,d   Adhikari, Ramesh K ^d   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPAL; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; FOLLOW UP; METABOLISM; SEASON;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 84860654435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036436     Document Type: Article

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