Effect of recent diarrhoeal episodes on risk of pneumonia in children under the age of 5 years in Karachi, Pakistan

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 194-200

  Ashraf, Sania ^a   Hamidul Huque, M ^a   Kenah, Eben ^b   Agboatwalla, Mubina ^c   Luby, Stephen P ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Health Oriented Preventive Education Karachi   (Pakistan)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood diseases; Diarrhoea; Malnutrition; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

CHILD HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PAKISTAN; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 84875622401     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys233     Document Type: Article

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