The inter-relationship of gastro-enteritis and malnutrition in Cape Town

dc.contributor.advisorBrock, J F
dc.contributor.authorWittmann, W
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-27T10:51:41Z
dc.date.available2024-06-27T10:51:41Z
dc.date.issued1964
dc.date.updated2024-06-25T11:49:18Z
dc.description.abstractDiarrhoea is an important cause of illness throughout the world and remains a leading cause of death among infants and young children. The number of deaths from this condition is estimated at 5 million a year. There are important clinical differences in the disease as it manifests itself in previously normal well-nourished children compared with malnourished children. The major part of the total world problem today is concentrated in the industrially underdeveloped countries where malnutrition and retarded development are a feature of infancy and early childhood. In a recent review Ordway indicated the emphasis that is put on (1) the high morbidity and mortality rates among infants and young children, (2) the association with malnutrition, (3) the low socio-economic status of the affected population groups and (4) the multiple and often obscure aetiology of the disease. In this review special emphasis will be put on the association of the disease with malnutrition, where morbidity and mortality are highest. Accurate morbidity figures are not always available but where mortality is high, morbidity is also high.
dc.identifier.apacitationWittmann, W. (1964). <i>The inter-relationship of gastro-enteritis and malnutrition in Cape Town</i>. (). ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40027en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWittmann, W. <i>"The inter-relationship of gastro-enteritis and malnutrition in Cape Town."</i> ., ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Medicine, 1964. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40027en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWittmann, W. 1964. The inter-relationship of gastro-enteritis and malnutrition in Cape Town. . ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Medicine. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40027en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wittmann, W AB - Diarrhoea is an important cause of illness throughout the world and remains a leading cause of death among infants and young children. The number of deaths from this condition is estimated at 5 million a year. There are important clinical differences in the disease as it manifests itself in previously normal well-nourished children compared with malnourished children. The major part of the total world problem today is concentrated in the industrially underdeveloped countries where malnutrition and retarded development are a feature of infancy and early childhood. In a recent review Ordway indicated the emphasis that is put on (1) the high morbidity and mortality rates among infants and young children, (2) the association with malnutrition, (3) the low socio-economic status of the affected population groups and (4) the multiple and often obscure aetiology of the disease. In this review special emphasis will be put on the association of the disease with malnutrition, where morbidity and mortality are highest. Accurate morbidity figures are not always available but where mortality is high, morbidity is also high. DA - 1964 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Gastroenteritis LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 1964 T1 - The inter-relationship of gastro-enteritis and malnutrition in Cape Town TI - The inter-relationship of gastro-enteritis and malnutrition in Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40027 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/40027
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWittmann W. The inter-relationship of gastro-enteritis and malnutrition in Cape Town. []. ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Medicine, 1964 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40027en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Medicine
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
dc.subjectGastroenteritis
dc.titleThe inter-relationship of gastro-enteritis and malnutrition in Cape Town
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationlevelPhD
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