Surgical treatment and risk of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: A case-control study

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9154, 1999, Pages 693-697

  Collins, S ^a   Law, M G ^b   Fletcher, A ^a   Boyd, A ^a   Kaldor, J ^b   Masters, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

EID: 0033608367     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)08138-0     Document Type: Article

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