A descriptive study of reportable gastrointestinal illnesses in Ontario, Canada, from 2007 to 2009

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vrbova, Linda ^a,b,c   Johnson, Karen ^b   Whitfield, Yvonne ^b   Middleton, Dean ^b,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868655535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-970     Document Type: Article

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