Global disability-adjusted life-year estimates of long-term health burden and undernutrition attributable to diarrhoeal diseases in children younger than 5 years

Global disability-adjusted life-year estimates of long-term health burden and undernutrition attributable to diarrhoeal diseases in children younger than 5 years

Summary: Background: Diarrhoea is a leading cause of death and illness globally among children younger than 5 years. Mortality and short-term morbidity cause substantial burden of disease but probably underestimate the true effect of diarrhoea on population health. This underestimation is because d...

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Main Authors: Christopher Troeger, MPH, Danny V Colombara, PhD, Puja C Rao, MPH, Ibrahim A Khalil, MD, Alexandria Brown, MA, Thomas G Brewer, MD, Richard L Guerrant, MD, Eric R Houpt, MD, Karen L Kotloff, ProfMD, Kavita Misra, PhD, William A Petri, Jr, MD, James Platts-Mills, MD, Mark S Riddle, MD, Scott J Swartz, MS, Mohammad H Forouzanfar, MD, Robert C Reiner, Jr, PhD, Simon I Hay, ProfFMedSci, Ali H Mokdad, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X18300457

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