Typhoid fever in Ujung Indonesia - High-risk groups and high-risk behaviours

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1088-1094

  Velema, Johan P ^a,b   Van Wijnen, Germaine ^a   Bult, Peter ^a   Van Naerssen, Ton ^a   Jota, Santa ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Stella Maris Hospital   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Food contamination and handwashing; Indonesia; Risk factors; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BEHAVIOUR; TYPHOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFECTION RISK; TYPHOID FEVER;

INDONESIA; SULAWESI;

STELLA;

EID: 0030665455     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-179.x     Document Type: Article

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