Predisposing factors for individuals' Lyme disease prevention practices: Connecticut, Maine, and Montana

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2035-2038

  Herrington Jr , James E ^a,e   Campbell, Grant L ^a   Bailey, Raymond E ^a   Cortter, Matthew L ^b   Adams, Mary ^b   Frazier, Emma L ^a   Damrow, Todd A ^c   Gensheimer, Kathleen F ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CDC

^c Montana Dept Hlth Environ Sci   (United States)

^d Maine Department of Human Services   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031453579     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.12.2035     Document Type: Article

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