Domestic Exposure to Legionellae for Dutch Legionnaires' Disease Patients

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 597-603

  Verhoef, Linda P B ^a   Yzerman, Ed P F ^b   Bruin, Jacob P ^b   Den Boer, Jeroen W ^a  

^a Municipal Health Service Kennemerland   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Domestic exposure; Legionnaires' disease; Regional difference; Travel associated

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL;

LEGIONELLA;

EID: 33645469209     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890409603439     Document Type: Article

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