Defining pediatric diarrhea in low-resource settings

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 289-293

  Levine, Gillian A ^a   Walson, Judd L ^a,b   Atlas, Hannah E ^a   Lamberti, Laura M ^c   Pavlinac, Patricia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Definitions; Diarrhea; Empiric basis; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; COUNTRY ECONOMIC STATUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE BURDEN; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; NOMENCLATURE;

CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 85031791955     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pix024     Document Type: Review

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