Diarrhoea and garbage disposal in Salvador, Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-54

  Rego, Rita F ^a   Moraes, L R S ^a   Dourado, I ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Environmental pollution; Epidemiological prevalence; Garbage dump; Infantile diarrhoea; Solid waste

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; STORAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES; UNEMPLOYMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 8744220535     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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