Persistent diarrhea: Still a serious public health problem in developing countries

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Fagundes Neto, Ulysses ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Diarrhea; Food hypersensitivity; Malnutrition; Morbidity; Mortality; Persistent diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; ZINC;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MALABSORPTION; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT DIARRHEA; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS INFECTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WATER SUPPLY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; REVIEW;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84881116435     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: 1534312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-013-0345-1     Document Type: Article

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