Occupational risk factors for the sporadic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-363

  Cocco, P L ^a   Caperna, A ^b   Vinci, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Epidemiology; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CATTLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP;

ABATTOIRS; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141537291     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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