Typhoid fever in children of low and high socieconomic strata: comparison of hygiene habits

The relationship between the hygienic habits of children who had typhoid fever (TF) who had recently begun attending school and their family group, is assessed. It is supposed that children, independently of their SES, acquired TF because of inadequate habits which facilitated the oral-fecal cycle....

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Main Author: Alvarez,Maria de la Luz (author)
Other Authors: Wurgaft,Fanny (author), Araya,Magdalena (author), Espinoza,Julio (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1990
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101990000200005
Country:Brazil
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