Harmful practices in the management of childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review Global health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Carter, Emily ^a   Bryce, Jennifer ^a   Perin, Jamie ^a   Newby, Holly ^b  

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

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84939535450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2127-1     Document Type: Article

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