Ask when - Not just whether - It's a risk: How regional context influences local causes of diarrheal disease

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1247-1254

  Goldstick, Jason E ^a   Trostle, James ^b   Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

diarrhea; disease transmission; epidemiologic methods; meta populations; sanitation; surveillance

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; SANITATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ECUADOR;

DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; META-POPULATIONS; SANITATION; SURVEILLANCE;

AGE FACTORS; DIARRHEA; ECUADOR; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84900342869     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu034     Document Type: Article

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