The enemy within: Diarrheal rates among British and Australian troops in Iraq

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 728-731

  Rudland, Simon ^a   Little, Mark ^a   Kemp, Paul ^b   Miller, Alastair ^c   Hodge, Jon ^d  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL HASLAR   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Anaesthesia   (United Kingdom)

^d WODEN VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; DIARRHEA; DOXYCYCLINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WAR;

EID: 0030476698     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.12.728     Document Type: Article

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