Correlates of diarrhoea among children below the age of 5 years in Sudan

African Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 376-383

  Siziya, Seter ^a   Muula, A S ^b   Rudatsikira, E ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Plant Sciences   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Diarrhoea; Morbidity; Sudan; Under five

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUDAN; URBAN AREA;

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHOEA; MORBIDITY; SUDAN; UNDER-FIVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUDAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84883699565     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v13i2.26     Document Type: Article

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