Influence of Hygiene on Gastrointestinal Illness among Wilderness Backpackers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-33

  Boulware, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN; SOAP; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKPACKER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEANING; COOKING; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MICTURITION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WATER TREATMENT; WILDERNESS; WILDLIFE;

EID: 1042290345     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.13621     Document Type: Article

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