Accounting for recent trends in the prevalence of diarrhoea in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Results from consecutive cross-sectional surveys

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Emina, Jacques B O ^a,b   Kandala, Ngianga Bakwin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFLICT; CONGO; DATA BASE; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84871072180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001930     Document Type: Article

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