The pioneering use of a questionnaire to investigate a food borne disease outbreak in early 20th century Britain

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 94-99

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a   Hardy, Anne ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOOD POISONING; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OSTREIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TYPHOID FEVER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WINCHESTER; WORLD;

EID: 12344272624     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.025700     Document Type: Review

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