Risk factors for cholera infection in the initial phase of an epidemic in Guinea-Bissau: Protection by lime juice

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 601-604

  Rodrigues, Amabelia ^a,d   Brun, Henry ^b,d   Sandstrom, Anita ^c,e  

^a Servicio de Epidemiologia   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Programa Nacional de Saúde de Visão   (Guinea-Bissau)

^e Projecto de Saude   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SOAP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEMON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030696494     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.601     Document Type: Article

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