Risk factors for waterborne enteric infections

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-50

  Balbus, John M ^a   Embrey, Martha A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0036139886     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001574-200201000-00008     Document Type: Review

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