Brucellosis outbreak in Chouf district of Lebanon in 2009: A case-control study;Flambée de brucellose dans le district de Chouf (Liban) en 2009: Étude cas-témoins

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 250-256

  Al Shaar, L ^a   Chaaya, M ^a   Ghosn, N ^b   Mahfoud, Z ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Lebanon)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEESE; CHILD; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SWEATING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PASTEURIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901351377     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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