A nationwide case-control study of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in the United States

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 962-966

  Slutsker, Laurence ^a   Ries, Allen A ^b   Maloney, Kathleen ^b   Wells, Joy G ^b   Greene, Katherine D ^b   Griffin, Patricia M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031969227     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515258     Document Type: Article

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