Risk factors for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: A case-control study

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-120

  Ward, Hester J T ^a   Everington, Dawn ^a   Cousens, Simon N ^b   Smith Bathgate, Blaire ^a   Leitch, Margaret ^a   Cooper, Sarah ^a   Heath, Craig ^a   Knight, Richard S G ^a   Smith, Peter G ^b   Will, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CHILD; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIET; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 29944439816     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20708     Document Type: Article

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