Risk factors for winter outbreak of acute diarrhoea in France: Case-control study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7123, 1997, Pages 1645-1649

  Letrilliart, Laurent ^a   Desenclos, Jean Claude ^b   Flahault, Antoine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Reseau Natl de S Publique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; MINERAL WATER; PENICILLIN G; TAP WATER;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSSEL; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHELLFISH; VIRUS INFECTION; WINTER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031588447     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7123.1645a     Document Type: Article

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