Belgian Coca-Cola-related outbreak: Intoxication, mass sociogenic illness, or both?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 140-147

  Gallay, A ^a,b   Van Loock, F ^a   Demarest, S ^a   Van Der Heyden, J ^a   Jans, B ^a   Van Oyen, H ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbonated beverages; Disease outbreaks; Hydrogen sulfide; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

CHILD HEALTH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH IMPACT; POISONING;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BEVERAGE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SULFUR OXIDES;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0037080446     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.2.140     Document Type: Article

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