The Occupational Risk of Cytomegalovirus Infection Among Day-care Providers

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 265, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 603-608

  Murph, Jody R ^a   Baron, Judith C ^a   Brown, C Kice ^a   Ebelhack, Cindy L ^a   Bale, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; IOWA; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026027916     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03460050057020     Document Type: Article

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