Risk Factors for Symptoms of Gastrointestinal Illness in Rural Town Isiolo, Kenya

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-125

  Kaindi, D W M ^a   Schelling, E ^b   Wangoh, J M ^a   Imungi, J K ^a   Farah, Z ^c   Meile, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Camel milk; Cross sectional study; Diarrhoea; Fever; Gastrointestinal illness; Kenya; Nested case control; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CARROT; CHILD; COW; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GOAT; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; MILK HYGIENE; MUTTON; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POTATO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW FOOD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HYGIENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINACH; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KENYA; MALE; MEAT; MILK; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SHEEP; VEGETABLES; VOMITING; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CAPRA HIRCUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84857190462     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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