Childhood diarrhoeal deaths in seven low- and middle-income countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 664-671

  Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur ^a   Moinuddin, Md ^a   Molla, Mitike ^b   Worku, Alemayehu ^b   Hurt, Lisa ^c   Kirkwood, Betty ^c   Mohan, Sanjana Brahmawar ^d   Mazumder, Sarmila ^d   Bhutta, Zulfqar ^e   Raza, Farrukh ^e   Mrema, Sigilbert ^c   Masanja, Honorati ^c   Kadobera, Daniel ^f   Waiswa, Peter ^f   Bahl, Rajiv ^g   Zangenberg, Mike ^g   Muhe, Lulu ^g  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BANGLADESH; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MALE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

AUTOPSY; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GHANA; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 84906903233     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.134809     Document Type: Article

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