Environmental risk factors associated with leptospirosis among butchers and their associates in Jamaica

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-57

  Brown, P D ^a   McKenzie, M ^a   Pinnock, M ^a   McGrowder, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Abattoirs; Forestry; Leptospirosis; Occupations; Risk factors; Weil disease; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BUTCHER; CATTLE; DOG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAMAICA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952480053     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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