Enviromental risk factors for hepatitis A infection in the Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-147

  Uzunovic Kamberovic, Selma ^a   Durmisevic, S ^a   Tandir, S ^a  

^a Cantonal Public Health Institute Zenica   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Hepatitis A virus; Risk factors; Sanitation; Sewage; Water supplies

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; SANITATION; SEWAGE; STANDARD;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SEWAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 13844253821     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.01053.x     Document Type: Article

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