Selected epidemiological features of human brucellosis in Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran: 1993-1998

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1054-1060

  Salari, M H ^a   Khalili, M B ^b   Hassanpour, G R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOETHANOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHEESE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRAN; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MILK; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NIGHT SWEAT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARASITE CONTROL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; SUMMER; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRAN; MALE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 17144391847     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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