Infectious causes of childhood disability: Results from a pilot study in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 363-369

  Khandaker, Gulam ^a,b,c   Muhit, Mohammad ^d,e   Rashid, Harunor ^a   Khan, Aynul ^d   Islam, Johurul ^d   Jones, Cheryl ^b,c   Booy, Robert ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR IMMUNISATION RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d Child Sight Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^e University of South Asia   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Disability; Infection; Key informants method

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; RURAL AREA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPLICATION; HANDICAPPED CHILD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BANGLADESH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84930907413     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmu031     Document Type: Article

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