Is Toxoplasma gondii a potential risk for traffic accidents in Turkey?

Forensic Science International

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 34-37

  Yereli, Kor ^a   Balcioǧlu, I Cüneyt ^a   Özbilgin, Ahmet ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVOUS TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 33748973911     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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