Risk factors for Toxoplasma infection in a reproductive age female population in the area of Belgrade, Yugoslavia

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 605-610

  Bobić, Branko ^a   Jevremović, Ivana ^b   Marinković, Jelena ^b   Šibalić, Desanka ^a   Djurković Djaković, Olgica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Risk factors; Toxoplasmosis; Women of reproductive age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION RISK; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CATS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0031660366     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007461225944     Document Type: Article

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