Infant morbidity in an Indian slum birth cohort

B P Gladstone; J P Muliyil; S Jaffar; J G Wheeler; A Le Fevre; M Iturriza-Gomara; JJ Gray; A Bose; M K Estes; D W Brown; G Kang

doi:10.1136/adc.2006.114546

Infant morbidity in an Indian slum birth cohort

B P Gladstone, J P Muliyil, S Jaffar, J G Wheeler, A Le Fevre, M Iturriza-Gomara, JJ Gray, A Bose, M K Estes, D W Brown, G Kang

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Abstract

The morbidity burden due to respiratory and gastrointestinal illness is high in a South Indian urban slum, with children ill for approximately one fifth of infancy, mainly with respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses. The risk factors identified were younger age, male sex, cold/wet season and household involvement in beedi work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	479-484
Number of pages	6
Journal	Archives of Disease in Childhood
Volume	93
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2006.114546
Publication status	Published - 2008

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