Differential features of foodborne gastroenteritis outbreaks of known and unknown etiology

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1958-1962

  Dominguez A ^a,b   Broner, S ^b   Torner, N ^b,c   Martinez A ^c   Jansa J M ^b,c   Alvarez J ^c   Barrabeig, L ^c   Cayla J ^b,d   Godoy, P ^b,c   Minguell, S ^c   Camps, N ^c   Sala, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Generalitat of Catalonia ^*  (Spain)

^d AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN;

EID: 70349432374     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.9.1958     Document Type: Article

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