Short report: Use of commercially available oral rehydration solutions in Lima, Peru

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 922-924

  Pantenburg, Birte ^a,b,c   Ochoa, Theresa J ^c,d   Ecker, Lucie ^e   Ruiz, Joaquim ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR; BICARBONATE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FLUID THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BICARBONATES; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCOSE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERU; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84862179726     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0581     Document Type: Article

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