Prolonged Episodes of Acute Diarrhea Reduce Growth and Increase Risk of Persistent Diarrhea in Children
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Acute and persistent diarrhea.
Socially disadvantaged Indigenous infants and children living in western industrialized countries experience high rates of infectious diarrhea, no more so than Aboriginal children from remote and rural regions of Northern Australia. Diarrheal disease, poor nutrition, and intestinal enteropathy reflect household crowding, inadequate water and poor sanitation and hygiene. Acute episodes of watery...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0016-5085
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.05.076