Windscreen wiper fluid without added screenwash in motor vehicles: A newly identified risk factor for Legionnaires' disease

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 661-665

  Wallensten, Anders ^a,b,d   Oliver, Isabel ^a,c   Ricketts, Katherine ^a   Kafatos, George ^a   Stuart, James M ^c   Joseph, Carol ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Driving; Legionella; Legionnaires' disease; Motor vehicles; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; SCREENWASH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WINDSCREEN WIPER FLUID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957652055     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-010-9471-3     Document Type: Article

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