Factors associated with mortality in Legionnaires' disease, France, 2002-2004;Les facteurs associés à la mortalité de la légionellose en France, 2002-2004

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 325-330

  Poupard, M ^a   Campese C ^a   Bernillon, P ^a   Che, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Legionnaires disease; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CANCER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

AGED; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250885246     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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