Epidemiology and risk factors of brucellosis in Alexandria governorate

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 677-685

  Meky, F A ^a   Hassan, E A ^b   Abd Elhafez, A M ^a   Aboul Fetouh, A M ^a   El Ghazali, S M S ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; ICE CREAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34547122255     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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