Diarrheal illness among infants and toddlers in day care centers: Effects of active surveillance and staff training without subsequent monitoring

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 808-817

  Bartlett, Alfred V ^a   Jarvis, Betty A ^b   Ross, Virginia ^c   Katz, Theodore M ^d   Dalia, Margaret A ^b   Englender, Steven J ^e   Anderson, Larry J ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Maricopa County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^e ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^f NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Day care; Diarrhea; Giardia

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SHORT SURVEY; STAFF; TRAINING;

ARIZONA; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HANDWASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0023888513     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114863     Document Type: Article

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