The magnitude and distribution of infectious intestinal disease in Malta: A population-based study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1282-1289

  Gauci, Charmaine ^a   Gilles, H ^b   O'Brien, S ^c   Mamo, J ^d   Stabile, I ^d   Ruggeri, F M ^e   Gatt, A ^a   Calleja, N ^f   Spiteri, G ^a  

^a Disease Surveillance Unit   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f Medical Statistics   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LAXATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENTEROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MALTA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38449093985     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806007795     Document Type: Article

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