Exposure to school children as a risk factor in a community outbreak of hepatitis A in young adults: A case control study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 803-807

  Roberts, Richard J ^a   Palmer, S R ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CITY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HISTORY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 33745562150     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805005625     Document Type: Article

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