Global disability-adjusted life-year estimates of long-term health burden and undernutrition attributable to diarrhoeal diseases in children younger than 5 years

• Main Authors: Christopher Troeger, MPH (Author), Danny V Colombara, PhD (Author), Puja C Rao, MPH (Author), Ibrahim A Khalil, MD (Author), Alexandria Brown, MA (Author), Thomas G Brewer, MD (Author), Richard L Guerrant, MD (Author), Eric R Houpt, MD (Author), Karen L Kotloff, ProfMD (Author), Kavita Misra, PhD (Author), William A Petri, Jr, MD (Author), James Platts-Mills, MD (Author), Mark S Riddle, MD (Author), Scott J Swartz, MS (Author), Mohammad H Forouzanfar, MD (Author), Robert C Reiner, Jr, PhD (Author), Simon I Hay, ProfFMedSci (Author), Ali H Mokdad, ProfPhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Diarrhoea is a leading cause of death and illness globally among children younger than 5 years. Mortality and short-term morbidity cause substantial burden of disease but probably underestimate the true effect of diarrhoea on population health. This underestimation is because di...