Influences of urban land use on the frequency of scorpion stings in the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-55

  McIntyre, Nancy E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Scorpion; Sting; Urban land use

Indexed keywords

GIS; LAND USE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; METROPOLITAN AREA; PLANNING METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

INSECTA; PHOENIX; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0033568628     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(99)00021-3     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. AZB, 1998. Arizona Business 45(1). Center for Business Research, Arizona State University College of Business, Tempe, AZ.
2. Carbonaro P.A., Janniger C.K., Schwartz R.A. Scorpion sting reactions. Cutis. 57:1996;139-141.
3. Gober, P., 1998. The demographics of urban growth in Phoenix. In: Hall, J.S., Cayer, N.J., Welch, N. (Eds.), Arizona Policy Choices. Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, pp. 30-36.
4. Langston, D., Gibson, R., Olson, C., 1993. Arizona Scorpions. University of Arizona College of Agriculture Cooperative Extension, Tucson, AZ.
5. Polis, G.A., 1990a. Ecology. In: Polis, G.A. (Ed.), The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, pp. 247-293.
6. Polis, G.A., 1990b. Introduction. In: Polis, G.A. (Ed.), The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, pp. 1-8.
7. Polis, G.A., Sissom, W.D., 1990. Life history. In: Polis, G.A. (Ed.), The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, pp. 161-223.
8. ® User's Guide, Release 6.03 Edition. SAS Institute, Cary, NC.
9. Sissom, W.D., 1990. Systematics, biogeography, and paleontology. In: Polis, G.A. (Ed.), The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, pp. 64-106.
10. Stahnke H.L. The Arizona scorpion problem. Arizona Medicine. 7(3):1950;23-29.
11. Stahnke H.L. Arizona's lethal scorpion. Arizona Medicine. 29:1972;490-493.
12. Thomas, R., Stevens, K., Penix, J., Gibson, R., Descriptive study of demographics of scorpion sting patients, unpublished oral presentation.