Unsafe Child Feces Disposal is Associated with Environmental Enteropathy and Impaired Growth

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 176, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-49

  George, Christine Marie ^a   Oldja, Lauren ^a   Perin, Jamie ^a   Sack, R Bradley ^a   Biswas, Shwapon ^b   Ahmed, Shahnawaz ^b   Shahnaij, Mohammad ^b   Haque, Rashidul ^b   Parvin, Tahmina ^b   Azmi, Ishrat J ^b   Bhuyian, Sazzadul Islam ^b   Talukder, Kaisar A ^b   Faruque, Abu G ^b  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; child growth; environmental contamination; intestinal inflammation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; CALGRANULIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEOPTERIN;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; ENTEROPATHY; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; RURAL HEALTH; STANDARDS;

BANGLADESH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SANITATION;

EID: 84993124673     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.05.035     Document Type: Article

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