Epidemiology of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-associated diarrheal disease occurring on board U.S. Navy ships visiting Asian ports

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 475-478

  Orndorff, George R ^a   Lebron, Carlos ^a  

^a Box 2760 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NAVY; RISK FACTOR; SHIP; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VOMITING;

EID: 0029758853     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.8.475     Document Type: Article

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