Comparison of the burden of diarrhoeal illness among individuals with and without household cisterns in northeast Brazil

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Marcynuk, Pasha B ^a,b   Flint, James A ^a   Sargeant, Jan M ^b   Jones Bitton, Andria ^b   Brito, Ana M ^c,d   Luna, Carlos F ^c   Szilassy, Elizabeth ^e   Thomas, M Kate ^a,b   Lapa, Tiago M ^c   Perez, Enrique ^f   Costa, André M ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e Articulação no Semi Árido   (Brazil)

^f PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LIQUID FECES; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SANITARY ENGINEERING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84873166588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-65     Document Type: Article

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