Q fever epidemic among employees in a factory in the suburb of Zadar, Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-319

  Medić, Alan ^a,e   Dželalija, Boris ^b   Polićo, Volga Punda ^c   Margan, Ira Gjenero ^d   Turković, Branko ^d   Gilić, Vlasta ^a  

^a Zadar Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL ZADAR   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROATIA; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYALGIA; PASTURE; Q FEVER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WIND;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROATIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; Q FEVER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP; WIND;

EID: 18844454491     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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