Assessing the incidence of gastroenteritis among elderly people living in long term care facilities

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Kirk, M D ^a,b   Hall, G V ^a,c   Veitch, M G K ^d   Becker, N ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b OzFoodNet   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Elderly; Gastroenteritis; Meta analysis; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77955519182     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.04.009     Document Type: Review

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