Commentary: The risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Reassurance and uncertainty

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-53

  Will, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FRANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 14844307076     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh393     Document Type: Note

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