Incidence, etiology, and impact of diarrhea among deployed us military personnel in support of operation Iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 762-767

  Monteville, Marshall R ^a   Riddle, Mark S ^a   Baht, Usha ^a   Putnam, Shannon D ^a   Frenck, Robert W ^b   Brooks, Kenneth ^a   Moustafa, Manal ^a   Bland, Jaime ^a   Sanders, John W ^a  

^a NAMRU 3 PSC 452 Box 5000 ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

SALMONELLA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750627855     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.762     Document Type: Article

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