A cross-sectional study of socio-demographic determinants of recurrent diarrhoea among children under five of rural area of western Maharashtra, India

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 72-75

  Avachat, Shubhada S ^a   Phalke, Vaishali D ^a   Phalke, Deepak B ^a   Aarif, Syed M M ^a   Kalakoti, Piyush ^a  

^a PRAVARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Children under five; Recurrent diarrhoea; Rural area

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84930479244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2011.524     Document Type: Article

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