The comparative burden of salmonellosis in the European Union member states, associated and candidate countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  De Jong, Birgitta ^a,b   Ekdahl, Karl ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BULGARIA; CALCULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALTA; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; SWEDEN; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TURKEY;

BULGARIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NORWAY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TRAVEL; TURKEY;

EID: 32044451553     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-4     Document Type: Article

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