Ambient maximum temperature as a function of Salmonella food poisoning cases in the Republic of Macedonia

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 264-267

  Kendrovski, Vladimir ^a   Karadzovski, Zarko ^a   Spasenovska, Margarita ^b  

^a Institute of Public Health   (Macedonia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambient maximum temperature; Republic of Macedonia; Salmonellosis; Seasonal index; Skopje

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

EID: 79958060485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4297/najms.2011.3264     Document Type: Article

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