Association between moderate-to-severe diarrhea in young children in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) and types of handwashing materials used by caretakers in Mirzapur, Bangladesh

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 181-189

  Baker, Kelly K ^a   Farzana, Fahmida Dil ^b   Ferdous, Farzana ^b   Ahmed, Shahnawaz ^b   Das, Sumon Kumar ^b   Faruque, A S G ^b   Nasrin, Dilruba ^a   Kotloff, Karen L ^a   Nataro, James P ^a   Kolappaswamy, Krishnan ^a   Levine, Myron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; SOAP;

ARTICLE; ASH; BANGLADESH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BANGLADESH; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOAPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84903897365     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0509     Document Type: Article

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