A special risk group for hepatitis E infection: Turkish agricultural workers who use untreated waste water for irrigation

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 753-756

  Ceylan, A ^a   Ertem, M ^a   Ilcin, E ^a   Ozekinci, T ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0042856321     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803008719     Document Type: Article

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