The health status of Q-fever patients after long-term follow-up

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Morroy, Gabriëlla ^a,b   Peters, Jeannette B ^b   van Nieuwenhof, Malou ^a   Bor, Hans H J ^b   Hautvast, Jeannine L A ^b   van der Hoek, Wim ^c   Wijkmans, Clementine J ^a,b   Vercoulen, Jan H ^b  

^a Municipal Health Service Hart voor Brabant   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort; Coxiella burnetii; Integral health status; Q fever; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; Q FEVER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; TIME;

EID: 79955120110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-97     Document Type: Article

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