Temporal trends of overall mortality and hospital morbidity due to diarrheal disease in Brazilian children younger than 5 years from 2000 to 2010

Objective: To verify the temporal trends of the indicators of overall mortality and hospital morbidity due to diarrheal disease in children younger than 1 year and between 1 and 4 years, according to the region of Brazil, between 2000 and 2010. Method: This was an ecological study of temporal series...

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Main Authors: Patrícia S. de A. Mendes, Hugo da C. Ribeiro, Jr., Carlos Maurício C. Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-05-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755713000569