Predicted vCJD mortality in Great Britain: Modelling the latest data puts a ceiling on the likely number of vCJD cases

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6796, 2000, Pages 583-584

  Ghani, Azra C ^a   Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Anderson, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034632711     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35020688     Document Type: Article

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