Determinants of the geographical distribution of endemic giardiasis in Ontario, Canada: A spatial modelling approach

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 967-976

  Odoi, A ^a   Martin, S W ^a   Michel, P ^c   Holt, J ^a   Middleton, D ^d   Wilson, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CHLORINATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILTRATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION CONTROL; LAND USE; MANURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 4744364647     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002481     Document Type: Article

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