The occupational risk of Helicobacter pylori infection among workers in institutions for people with intellectual disability

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 587-591

  De Schryver, A ^a,b   Cornelis, K ^a   Van Winckel, M ^c   Moens, G ^a,d,e   Devlies, G ^a   Derthoo, D ^e   Van Sprundel, M ^b  

^a EXTERNAL SERVICE FOR PREVENTION AND PROTECTION AT WORK   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Provikmo   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 50649119092     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.035022     Document Type: Article

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