Landscape features associated with lyme disease risk in a suburban residential environment

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-36

  Frank, Denise H ^a   Fish, Durland ^b   Moy, Fred H ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease risk; Epidemiology; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Tick

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; SUBURBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK, WESTCHESTER COUNTY;

EID: 0031876559     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007965600166     Document Type: Article

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