Classification of Surgical Procedures for Epidemiologic Assessment of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Transmission by Surgery

Background: In this preparatory phase of a case-control study, we propose and evaluate a new tool for classifying surgical procedures (SPs) in categories useful for epidemiologic research on surgical transmission of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). Methods: All SPs reported to the Swedish...

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Veröffentlicht in:European Journal of Epidemiology. - Springer Science + Business Media. - 21(2006), 8, Seite 595-604
1. Verfasser: de Pedro-Cuesta, J. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bleda, M. J., Rábano, A., Cruz, M., Laursen, H., Mølbak, K., Siden, A.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2006
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:European Journal of Epidemiology
Schlagworte:Care Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Epidemiology Etiology Methods Safety Surgical procedures Health sciences Biological sciences Philosophy