Detailed analysis of health status of Q fever patients 1 year after the first Dutch outbreak: A case-control study

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 953-958

  Limonard, G J M ^a   Peters, J B ^b   Nabuurs Franssen, M H ^a,b   Weers Pothoff, G ^c   Besselink, R ^d   Groot, C A R ^e   Dekhuijzen, P N R ^b   Vercoulen, J H ^b  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d GP Practice Herpen (Huisartsenpraktijk Herpen)   (Netherlands)

^e BERNHOVEN HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY; SEX;

EID: 78649462297     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq144     Document Type: Article

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