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; J. J. 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
, J. J. Gray
, A. Bose
, M. K. Estes
, D. W. Brown
, G. Kang

Norwich Medical School

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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
Early online date	4 Oct 2007
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2006.114546
Publication status	Published - Jun 2008

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