Occupational risks of zoonotic infections in Dutch forestry workers and muskrat catchers

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Moll Van Charante, A W ^a   Groen, J ^b   Mulder, P G H ^c   Rijpkema, S G T ^d   Osterhaus, A D M E ^b  

^a Arbo Management Groep A M G   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forestry workers; Hantavirus nephropathy; Lyme borreliosis; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis; Seroconversion rate; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COXIELLA BURNETII; FOREST WORKER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYME DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARVICOLINAE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TREES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 6844237675     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007400327007     Document Type: Article

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