Risk factors for extended duration of acute diarrhea in young children.

OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND: We sought to identify predictors of extended duration of diarrhea in young children, which contributes substantially to the nearly 1 1/2 million annual diarrheal deaths globally. METHODS: We followed 6-35 month old Nepalese children enrolled in the placebo-arm of a randomiz...

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Main Authors: Tor A Strand, Pushpa R Sharma, Håkon K Gjessing, Manjeswori Ulak, Ram K Chandyo, Ramesh K Adhikari, Halvor Sommerfelt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3348155?pdf=render