Q fever in Ireland. A seroprevalence study of exposure to Coxiella burnettii among Department of Agriculture workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 544-547

  Reid, Alex ^a   Malone, J ^a  

^a Civil Service Occupational Health Department   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Occupational risk; Prevention; Q fever; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; IRELAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; Q FEVER; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 11044228918     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh086     Document Type: Review

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