Epidemiology of diarrhea among expatriate residents living in a highly endemic environment

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 533-538

  Hoge, Charles W ^a,e   Shlim, David R ^b   Echeverria, Peter ^a   Rajah, Ramachandran ^b   Herrmann, John E ^c   Cross, John H ^d  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b CIWEC Travel Medicine Centre Nepal   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIGELLA; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 0030028408     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.7.533     Document Type: Article

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