The Interrelationship of Malnutrition and Diarrhea in a Periurban Area Outside Alexandria, Egypt

Abstract

In the developing world, children are often observed to have both diarrhea and malnutrition. This observation has led many researchers to speculate that diarrhea may produce malnutrition and that malnutrition may predispose to diarrhea. In this study, the interrelationship between diarrhea and malnutrition was investigated among 143 Egyptian children less than 3 years of age. Methods: For 22 months, children were followed for diarrhea at twice weekly home visits and measured for nutritional status at approximately 3-month intervals. Nutrition-% measurements were converted to-scores based on the National Center for Health Statistics!World Health Organization () reference population.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA393278

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People

  • A. N. El-deen
  • Abdullah B. Naficy
  • Ali S. Mourad
  • John D. Clemens
  • Malla Rao
  • Manal Baddour
  • Remon A. El-yazeed
  • Stephen J. Savarino
  • Thomas F. Wierzba

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Research Unit Three

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Data Science
  • Diarrhea
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Intervals
  • Malnutrition
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nutrition
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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