Increased risk of traffic accidents in subjects with latent toxoplasmosis: a retrospective case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases - Tập 2 Số 1 - 2002
Jaroslav Flegr1, Jan Havlı́ček2, Petr Kodym3, Marek Malý4, Z Smahel5
1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2Research Centrum of Personality and Ethnic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
3National Reference Laboratory for Toxoplasmosis, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic
4Department of Biostatistics, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic
5Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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