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Volume 10, Number 3—March 2004

Research

Internet Use and Epidemiologic Investigation of Gastroenteritis Outbreak

Markku Kuusi*Comments to Author , J. Pekka Nuorti*, Leena Maunula†, Ilkka Miettinen‡, Hannu Pesonen§, and Carl-Henrik von Bonsdorff¶
Author affiliations: *National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland; †Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory Diagnostics, Helsinki, Finland; ‡National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland; §Environmental Health Unit, Nurmes, Finland; ¶Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland

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Table 2

Factors associated with gastroenteritis among residents of municipality A, Finlanda

Exposed Not exposed
Risk factor
 Ill
 Total
 AR (%)
 Ill
 Total
 AR (%)
 RR
 95% CI
Any unboiled tap water
 299
 460
 65
 20
 48
 42
 1.6
 1.1 to 2.2
Unboiled tap water at home
 251
 366
 69
 19
 54
 35
 2.0
 1.4 to 2.8
Unboiled tap water outside home
 240
 347
 69
 50
 112
 45
 1.6
 1.3 to 1.9
Well water only 4 17 24 145 204 71 0.3 0.1 to 0.8

aAR, attack rate; RR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval.

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