Epidemiology of traveler's diarrhea

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2005, Pages

  Steffen, Robert ^a,b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; AGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRRITABLE COLON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 28044449575     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432948     Document Type: Conference Paper

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