Social and nutritional parameters of acute diarrhoea.
Data were collected on 60 children who were admitted for acute undifferentiated diarrhoea during a 5-month period to this hospital. Stool cultures for bacterial pathogens were all negative. Social and economic factors in the homes of the children were conspicuous.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013557:Switzerland