Risk factors for toxoplasma infection in pregnancy: A case-control study in France

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-309

  Baril, Laurence ^a   Ancelle, Thierry ^b   Goulet, Véronique ^a   Thulliez, Philippe ^c   Tirard Fleury, Véronique ^d   Carme, Bernard ^e  

^a Reseau National de Sante Publique   (France)

^b Univ René Descartes ^*  (France)

^c Institut de Puericulture   (France)

^d Centre Opérationnel de Réception et de Régulation des Urgences Sanitaires et Sociales   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; LAMB; MEAT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; COOKERY; DIET; FEMALE; FRANCE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MEAT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0032772139     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549950163626     Document Type: Article

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