Water and sewage systems, socio-demographics, and duration of residence associated with endemic intestinal infectious diseases: A cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Teschke, Kay ^a   Bellack, Neil ^a   Shen, Hui ^a   Atwater, Jim ^a   Chu, Rong ^a   Koehoorn, Mieke ^a   MacNab, Ying C ^a   Schreier, Hans ^a   Isaac Renton, Judith L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEWAGE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEWAGE; SOCIAL CLASS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650082583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-767     Document Type: Article

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