Acute gastrointestinal illness in adults in Germany: A population-based telephone survey

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2365-2375

  Wilking, H ^a   Spitznagel, H ^a   Werber, D ^a   Lange, C ^a   Jansen, A ^a,b   Stark, K ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Estimating; gastrointestinal infections; infectious disease; prevalence of disease; virology (human) and epidemiology; zoonotic foodborne diseases

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TREND STUDY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885073725     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813000046     Document Type: Article

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