Diarrheal illness and healthcare seeking behavior among a population at high risk for diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Chowdhury, Fahima ^a   Khan, Iqbal Ansary ^a   Patel, Sweta ^a   Siddiq, Ashraf Uddin ^a   Saha, Nirod Chandra ^a   Khan, Ashraful I ^a   Saha, Amit ^a   Cravioto, Alejandro ^b   Clemens, John ^a,d   Qadri, Firdausi ^a   Ali, Mohammad ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER SUPPLY; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938674422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130105     Document Type: Article

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