Under-reporting of infectious gastrointestinal illness in British Columbia, Canada: Who is counted in provincial communicable disease statistics?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-256

  MacDougall, Laura ^a   Majowicz, S ^b,c   Dore K ^b,c   Flint, J ^b   Thomas, K ^b   Kovacs, S ^b   Sockett, P ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTRATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOMITING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 38049161398     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807008461     Document Type: Article

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