Workplace cluster of Bell's palsy in Lima, Peru

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Reaves, Erik J ^a   Ramos, Mariana ^a   Bausch, Daniel G ^a,b  

^a California   (Peru)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Facial paralysis; Outbreak; Workplace cluster

Indexed keywords

BELL PALSY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKPLACE;

BELL PALSY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84900801173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-289     Document Type: Article

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