Domestic and travel-related foodborne gastrointestinal illness in a population health survey

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 686-693

  Evans, Meirion R ^a,b   Sarvotham, T ^a   Thomas, D R ^b   Howard, A J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; WALES;

EID: 33745574341     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805005790     Document Type: Article

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