Risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnancy: Results of a prospective case-control study in Norway

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 405-412

  Kapperud, Georg ^a,b   Jenum, Pål A ^a   Stray Pedersen, Babill ^c   Melby, Kjetil K ^d   Eskild, Anne ^a   Eng, Jan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

case control studies; pregnancy; risk factors; Toxoplasma; toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0029785787     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008942     Document Type: Article

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