Trends in indigenous foodborne disease and deaths, England and Wales: 1992 to 2000

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Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 832-841

  Adak, G K ^a   Long, S M ^a   O'Brien, S J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SAPPORO VIRUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD POISONING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WALES;

EID: 0036895178     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.51.6.832     Document Type: Article

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