Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Hebron district, Palestine

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1278-1284

  Nijem, K I ^a   Al Amleh, S ^a  

^a HEBRON UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE EAST; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 73249148452     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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