A. Original papers
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The effect on fecundity of pill acceptance during postpartum amenorrhea in rural Bangladesh
The length of the interval from last live birth to the subsequent pregnancy was studied for 121 contraceptive pill acceptors who were in postpartum amenorrhea at the time of acceptance and 121 matched nonacceptors in a... -
Education and infant survival in rural Bangladesh[manuscript]
This paper explores the mechanism through which socioeconomic status affects infant deaths. The data used here come from a prospective study in rural Bangladesh. Both neonatal deaths and postneonatal deaths were found to be hig... -
A diarrhea clinic in rural Bangladesh: influence of distance, age, and sex on attendance and diarrheal mortality
Attendance rates at a diarrhea clinic were monitored in a defined population in rural Bangladesh. Weekly home visits were also carried out to determine diarrheal attacks in communities within six miles of the clinic. Within... -
Amebic colitis: correlation of proctoscopy before treatment and barium enema after treatment
Twenty-seven patients with severe acute amebic dysentery were studied at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research Hospital in Dacca, Bangladesh. Patients were divided into two groups according to their pretreatment proctoscop... -
On error due to graduation of scaling for anthropometry
It is shown that the measurement error due to graduation of scaling for anthropometric variables usually follows a uniform distribution. The result is used to investigate to what extent graduation in anthropometric scales affects&#x... -
Implications for women of changing marriage transactions in Bangladesh
Recent changes in marriage transactions in Bangladesh have led increasingly to a shift in the burden of marriage expenses from the groom's family of the bride. This reversal in the direction of wealth exchanges, which ... -
Single dose piperazine therapy for Ascaris lumbricoides: an unsuccessful method of promoting growth
One-hundred eighty-five Bangladeshi children age 1 1/2 to 8 yr with no Ascaris lumbricoides infection or with light, moderate, or heavy infection were randomly assigned to treatment of placebo groups, with treatment given in&#x... -
Gauze filtration and enrichment procedures for recovery of Vibrio cholerae from contaminated waters
Gauze filtration followed by 18-h enrichment in alkaline bile-peptone water is a simple, inexpensive, and efficient method for isolation Vibrio cholerae biotype eltor from contaminated surface waters -
A simple assay to detect Escherichia coli producing heat labile enterotoxin: results of a field study of the Biken tests in Bangladesh
In the Biken test a precipitin line forms in the agar between an Escherichia coli colony producing heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) and anti-cholera-toxin or anti-LT sera placed in an adjacent well. E. Coli isolates form 273 u... -
Uptake of Vibrio cholerae biotype eltor from contaminated water by water hyacinth (eichornia crassipes)
Vibrio cholerae biotype eltor appears to concentrate on the surface of the water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes), thereby enhancing its survival and its potential for transmission through waterways of cholera-endemic regions such as Bangl... -
A prospective study of the risk of diarrheal diseases according to the nutritional status of children
Prospective field data were employed to examined the effect of child malnutrition on the subsequent risk of diarrhea among preschool children in rural Bangladesh. A total of 2019 children aged 12-23 months were classified accor... -
Relationship of the xylose absorption status of children in Bangladesh to their absorption of macronutrients from local diets
We compared the results of xylose absorption tests from 31 asymptomatic Bangladeshi children with their ability to absorb macronutrients from cereal-vegetable diets, as determined by metabolic balance studies. The xylose test results ran...
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Author
- Albert, M. John 120
- Mahalanabis, Dilip 84
- Sack, David A. 82
- Chakraborty, J. 71
- Faruque, A.S.G. 54
- Faruque, Shah M. 43
- Qadri, Firdausi 42
- Black, Robert E. 40
- Clemens, John D. 40
- Khan, M.R. 39
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Subject
- Bangladesh 1022
- Cholera 264
- Vibrio cholerae 186
- Diarrhea, Infantile 163
- Diarrhea 109
- Dysentery, Bacillary 108
- Humans 72
- Child, Preschool 71
- Shigella dysenteriae 64
- Diarrheal diseases 61
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- 1970 - 1979 143
- 1961 - 1969 60