Sporadic cases of community acquired legionnaires' disease: An ecological study to identify new sources of contamination

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 466-469

  Che, D ^a   Decludt, B ^a   Campese, C ^a   Desenclos, J C ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

AEROSOL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUME; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037709850     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.6.466     Document Type: Article

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