A review of interventions triggered by hepatitis A infected food-handlers in Canada

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tricco, Andrea C ^a,b,c   Pham, Ba' ^a,b,d   Duval, Bernard ^e   De Serres, Gaston ^e   Gilca, Vladimir ^e   Vrbova, Linda ^f   Anonychuk, Andrea ^a,g   Krahn, Murray ^d,g   Moher, David ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Institute of Population Health   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Université Laval   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EMBASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANADA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33845644988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-157     Document Type: Review

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