Hepatitis A in workers exposed to sewage: A systematic review

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 762-768

  Glas, C ^c   Hotz, P ^a   Steffen, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Sewage; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; SEWAGE;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PUBLICATION BIAS; RISK FACTORS; SEWAGE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0035161772     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.12.762     Document Type: Review

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