Risk of giardiasis in Aucklanders: A case-control study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-197

  Ekramul Hoque, M ^a,b   Hope, Virginia T ^a   Kjellström, Tord ^a   Scragg, Robert ^b   Lay Yee, Roy ^b  

^a New Zealand Environmental and Occupational Health Research Centre (NEOH)   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; FECES; FEMALE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWIMMING; TRAVEL; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SWIMMING; TRAVEL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036735009     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(02)90110-4     Document Type: Article

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