Raw oyster consumption and outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis in New Zealand: Evidence for risk to the public's health

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 234-240

  Simmons, Greg ^a   Greening, Gail ^b   Gao, Wanzhen ^a   Campbell, Donald ^a  

^a AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; OYSTER; PACIFIC OCEAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0034929617     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2001.tb00568.x     Document Type: Article

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