Gastrointestinal and respiratory illness in children that do and do not attend child day care centers: a cost-of-illness study.

BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases are major causes of morbidity for young children, particularly for those children attending child day care centers (DCCs). Although both diseases are presumed to cause considerable societal costs for care and treatment of illness, the extent of t...

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Main Authors: Remko Enserink, Anna Lugnér, Anita Suijkerbuijk, Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen, Henriette A Smit, Wilfrid van Pelt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4139325?pdf=render