Burden of acute gastroenteritis among children younger than 5 years of age - a survey among parents in the United Arab Emirates

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Howidi, Mohammad ^a   Al Kaabi, Nawal ^b   El Khoury, Antoine C ^c   Brandtmüller, Agnes ^d   Nagy, Laszlo ^e   Richer, Etienne ^f   Haddadin, Wissam ^g   Miqdady, Mohamad S ^b  

^a MAFRAQ HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d MSD Hungary ^*

^e Biomedcom Consultants Inc   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^g Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD)   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ABSENTEEISM; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY LEAVE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; NEWBORN; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARENTAL LEAVE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VOMITING;

EID: 84862242400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-74     Document Type: Article

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