Surveillance of outbreaks of waterborne infectious disease: Categorizing levels of evidence

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-42

  Tillett, H E ^a   De Louvois, J ^a   Wall, P G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING; WALES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031911475     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897008431     Document Type: Article

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