Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 113-120 , 2008

Risk factors for typhoid fever in children in squatter settlements of Karachi: A nested case–control study

  • Fahad Javaid Siddiqui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
    • ,
  • Syed Rizwan Haider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
    • ,
  • Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +92 21 4864724; fax: +92 21 4934294/4932095.

Received 30 September 2008 ,Revised 19 October 2008 ,Accepted 22 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2008.10.003

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 113-120 , 2008

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