Apparently sporadic CJD and covert health-care transmissions

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 470-471

  Lewis, V ^a   Boyd, A ^a   Masters, C L ^a   Collins, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL RISK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGERY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0042388215     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(02)00233-8     Document Type: Letter

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