Medical surveillance of multinational peacekeepers deployed in support of the United Nations Mission in Haiti, June-October 1995

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 312-318

  Gambel, Jeffrey M ^a,c   Drabick, Joseph J ^a   Martinez Lopez, Lester ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b 86Th Combat Support Hospital   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Haiti; International health; Medical surveillance; Military medicine; United Nations' peacekeepers

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARMY; ARTICLE; DENGUE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PROCESSING; GASTROENTERITIS; HAITI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; UNITED NATIONS; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 0032916905     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.2.312     Document Type: Article

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