Diarrhea and Colds in Child Day Care Centers: Impact of Various Numerator and Denominator Definitions of Illness Episodes

BACKGROUND:Numerators and denominators used to estimate infections’ incidence rates (IRs), incidence rate ratios (IRRs), and differences (IRDs) vary. Our objective is to quantify the impact of various common definitions for illness episodes (numerators) and person-time at risk (denominators) in esti...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2009-11, Vol.20 (6), p.796-799
Hauptverfasser:	Tarafder, Mushfiqur R, Carabin, Hélène, Gyorkos, Theresa W, Joseph, Lawrence
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Child Day Care Centers Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Common Cold - epidemiology Diarrhea - epidemiology General aspects Human viral diseases Humans Incidence Infectious diseases Medical sciences Miscellaneous Population Surveillance - methods Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Quebec - epidemiology Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Viral diseases Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases
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