Open AccessInfant diet and salmonellosis.
Author(s) -
Robert L. Haddock,
Simon Cousens,
Cruz Guzman
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.8.997
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , odds ratio , confidence interval , pediatrics , salmonella , breast feeding , infant formula , socioeconomic status , rate ratio , environmental health , population , biology , bacteria , optics , genetics , physics
The Island of Guam has experienced a high incidence of infant salmonellosis for a number of years (age-specific incidence rate of approximately 3700 cases per 100,000 infants in 1984). Interviews of case parents suggested that the use of high-iron infant formula was associated with this problem.