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L J Verhoestraete, R R Puffer.
Abstract
This article presents data on morbidity and mortality from diarrhoeal disease in infancy and childhood for certain areas of the Americas. The role of the principal etiological agents is discussed, and the importance of various factors, such as availability of water-supply, fly control, malnutrition, and the protective effect of breast-feeding, is evaluated. Some practical measures for the prevention of deaths from diarrhoea are put forward.Entities:
Year: 1958 PMID: 20604024 PMCID: PMC2537702
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bull World Health Organ ISSN: 0042-9686 Impact factor: 9.408