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Geophagia as a risk factor for diarrhoea

Author(s) -

Wilkister Nyaora Moturi,

William A. Shivoga

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.55

Subject(s) - environmental health , pica (typography) , risk factor , medicine , feces , incidence (geometry) , malaria , diarrhea , biology , ecology , immunology , physics , world wide web , computer science , optics

Many children under the age of five are exposed to environmental health risks in the home environment. These lead to diseases such as diarrhoea, which along with acute respiratory infections, malaria and intestinal worms, account for 70% of the total health burden to children under five in Kenya. The aim of this study was to investigate whether earth eating within the home environment by children is a risk factor for diarrhoeal disease.

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