Q fever and pneumonia in an area with a high livestock density: A large population-based study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Smit, Lidwien A M ^a   van der Sman de Beer, Femke ^b   Opstal van Winden, Annemieke W J ^a   Hooiveld, Mariëtte ^b   Beekhuizen, Johan ^a   Wouters, Inge M ^a   Yzermans, Joris ^b   Heederik, Dick ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIC; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOAT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POULTRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; Q FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVESTOCK; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; Q FEVER; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84861998631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038843     Document Type: Article

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