Association between drinking water sources and diarrhea with malnutrition among kindergarten's children in Baghdad city, Iraq

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-48

  Hasanain, F G ^a   Jamsiah, M ^a   Zaleha, M I ^a   Tamil, Azmi M ^a   Mohammed, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Admission to the hospital; Diarrhea; Malnutrition; Tap water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865341655     PISSN: 16750306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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