Assessment of the underestimation of childhood diarrhoeal disease burden in Israel

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1379-1387

  Ziv, T ^a   Heymann, A D ^a,b   Azuri, J ^a,b   Leshno, M ^a   Cohen, D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burden; diarrhoea; Salmonella; Shigella

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNICITY; FECES CULTURE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCOME; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIATRICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; VIBRIO; YERSINIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE;

EID: 80053095839     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002554     Document Type: Article

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