title: Commentary: age related exposure of patients to the agent of BSE should not be downplayed.
authors.affiliation: MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge. sheila.gore@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology