The effect of different recall periods on estimates of acute gastroenteritis in the United States, FoodNet population survey 2006-2007

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1225-1228

  Cantwell, Laura B ^a,b   Henao, Olga L ^a   Hoekstra, Robert M ^a   Scallan, Elaine ^a  

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

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958100249     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0567     Document Type: Article

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