Child diarrhoea and nutritional status in rural Rwanda: a cross-sectional study to explore contributing environmental and demographic factors

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 956-964

  Sinharoy, Sheela S ^a   Schmidt, Wolf Peter ^b   Cox, Kris ^c   Clemence, Zachary ^c   Mfura, Leodomir ^c   Wendt, Ronald ^c   Boisson, Sophie ^b   Crossett, Erin ^d   Grépin, Karen A ^e   Jack, William ^d   Condo, Jeanine ^f   Habyarimana, James ^d   Clasen, Thomas ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diarrhoea; drinking water; nutrition; sanitation; stunting

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

BASELINE SURVEY; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION GROWTH; SANITATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; SANITATION; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

RWANDA;

EID: 84981164891     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12725     Document Type: Article

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