Population distribution and burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in British Columbia, Canada

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Thomas, M Kate ^a,b   Majowicz, Shannon E ^a,b   MacDougall, Laura ^c   Sockett, Paul N ^a,b   Kovacs, Suzie J ^a,d   Fyfe, Murray ^c,e   Edge, Victoria L ^a,b   Doré, Kathryn ^a,b   Flint, James A ^a   Henson, Spencer ^b   Jones, Andria Q ^f  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^f MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; ECONOMICS; GASTROENTERITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOMITING;

EID: 33846600938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-307     Document Type: Article

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