Excess salmonellosis in women in the United States: 1968-2000

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1109-1117

  Reller, M E ^a,b,d   Tauxe, R V ^a   Kalish, L A ^c   Molbak K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47249159053     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009594     Document Type: Article

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