Association between potential zoonotic enteric infections in children and environmental risk factors in Quebec, 1999-2006

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages

  Kabore H ^a,b   Levallois, P ^a,b   Michel, P ^c   Payment, P ^d   Dery P ^b   Gingras, S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental risk factors; Gastroenteritis; Quebec; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CANADA; CATTLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POULTRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SWINE; WATER QUALITY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVESTOCK; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS;

EID: 78649685459     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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