Under-notification of giardiasis in Auckland, New Zealand: A capture-recapture estimation

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-79

  Hoque, M E ^a   Hope, V T ^a   Scragg, R ^a   Graham, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland Regional Public Health Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 14044255726     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804003255     Document Type: Article

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