Gastrointestinal disorders: Are health care professionals missing zoonotic causes?

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 137-142

  Warwick, Clifford ^a  

^a The BioVeterinary Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; History taking; Standard setting; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DATA BASE; DIARRHEA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXOTIC SPECIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTAVIRUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; ZOONOSES;

EID: 2942618634     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400412400316     Document Type: Article

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