Seroprevalence and risk factors of brucellosis among slaughterhouse workers in Korea

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-242

  Yoo, Seok Ju ^a   Choi, Young Sill ^b   Lim, Hyun Sul ^a   Lee, Kwan ^a   Mi, Yeoun Park ^b   Chu, Chaeshin ^c   Kang, Young A ^c  

^a Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Slaughterhouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLOSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFECTION PREVENTION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SECRETIONS; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; ZOONOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; HUMANS; KOREA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77953658571     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2009.42.4.237     Document Type: Article

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