Brucellosis in a high risk occupational group: Seroprevalence and analysis of risk factors

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1031-1034

  Mukhtar, Fatima ^a  

^a Lahore Medical and Dental College ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAKISTAN; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP FARMING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE WORKER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ABATTOIRS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649689766     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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