The potential risk of toxoplasmosis for traffic accidents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

@article{Gohardehi2018ThePR,
  title={The potential risk of toxoplasmosis for traffic accidents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.},
  author={Shaban Gohardehi and Mehdi Sharif and Shahabeddin Sarvi and Mahmood Moosazadeh and Reza Alizadeh-Navaei and Seyed Abdollah Hosseini and Afsaneh Amouei and Abdol Sattar Pagheh and Mitra Sadeghi and Ahmad Daryani},
  journal={Experimental parasitology},
  year={2018},
  volume={191},
  pages={
          19-24
        }
}
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