A cohort study of risk factors for malaria among healthcare workers in equatorial guinea: Stay away from the ground floor

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-345

  Neuberger, Ami ^a   Klement, Eyal ^b   Reyes, Carlos Mauricio Grassi ^c   Stamler, Alon ^c  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GUINEA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956222394     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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