The role of psychological factors in questionnaire-based studies on routes of human toxoplasmosis transmission

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-50

  Flegr, J ^a   Hrda S ^a   Tachezy, J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cat; Parasite; Prevalence; Raw met; Toxoplasmosis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAT; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; STATISTICS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; CATS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0031937514     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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