Occupational risk of Lyme disease: An epidemiological review

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-84

  Piacentino, J D ^a,b   Schwartz, B S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0036160706     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.2.75     Document Type: Review

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