Prevalence of diarrhea disease and risk factors in Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 217-221

  Yilgwan, C S ^a   Okolo, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; morbidity; Nigeria; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TODDLER;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870229659     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.102852     Document Type: Article

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