Risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in France

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-52

  Chadeau Hyam, Marc ^a   Alpérovitch, Annick ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Epidemiology; Exposure to BSE agent; France; Predictions; Simulation; vCJD

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CARCASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MEAT; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMERCE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL;

BOVINAE;

EID: 14844297046     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh374     Document Type: Article

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