Burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in Denmark 2009: A population-based telephone survey

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 290-298

  Muller L ^a   Korsgaard, H ^b   Ethelberg, S ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; estimating disease prevalence; foodborne infections; gastroenteritis; public health

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ACUTE GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VOMITING; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84455185169     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811000471     Document Type: Article

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