Socio-environmental factors and diarrheal diseases in under five-year old children in the state of Tocantins, Brazil.

Diarrhea is a waterborne disease that affects children, especially those under 5 years of age. The objective of this study was to identify the spatial patterns of distribution of diarrheal disease in under 5-year-old children in the State of Tocantins, Brazil, from 2008 to 2013.Geoprocessing tools w...

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Main Authors: Volmar Morais Fontoura, Iolanda Graepp-Fontoura, Floriacy Stabnow Santos, Marcelino Santos Neto, Hanari Santos de Almeida Tavares, Maria Onice Lopes Bezerra, Marcela de Oliveira Feitosa, Adriano Figuerêdo Neves, Jesuane Cavalcante Melo de Morais, Luiz Fernando Costa Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5955564?pdf=render