Tracking patterns of enteric illnesses in populations and communities

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-64

  Peace, Terry ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic code; Drinking water; Enteric illness; Fee item data; Medical services plan; Methods for tracking enteric disease; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENTEROPATHY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SERVICE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33846018054     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9199     Document Type: Article

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