Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in the United States, 1979-1994: Using National Mortality Data to Assess the Possible Occurrence of Variant Cases

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 333-337

  Holman, Robert C ^a   Khan, Ali S ^a   Belay, Ermias D ^a   Schonberger, Lawrence B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030255674     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0204.960409     Document Type: Article

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