The incidence of acute gastrointestinal illness in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 540-547

  Hansdotter, Frida I ^a   Magnusson, Mans ^b   Kuhlmann Berenzon, Sharon ^a   Hulth, Anette ^a   Sundstrom, Kristian ^c   Hedlund, Kjell Olof ^d   Andersson, Yvonne ^d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Formerly at Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acute gastrointestinal illness; diarrhoea; Estimating disease incidence; public health; recall bias; syndromic surveillance; web query based surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936991564     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494815576787     Document Type: Article

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