Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections : Case selection and clinical data are important

BMJ

Volumn 326, Issue 7401, 2003, Pages 1265-

  O'brien, Sarah J ^a   Feldman, Roger A ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; COOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PREFERENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; NOTE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY;

COOKERY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PREFERENCES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; DATA COLLECTION;

EID: 18244416947     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1265-a     Document Type: Letter

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