Risk factors for typhoid fever in children in squatter settlements of Karachi: A nested case-control study

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Siddiqui, Fahad Javaid ^a   Haider, Syed Rizwan ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Case control; Children; Pakistan; Risk factors; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 63549133000     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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