A framework for incorporating the prevention of Lyme disease transmission into the landscape planning and design process

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-106

  Ward, Sarah E ^a   Brown, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Landscape architecture; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

LANDSCAPE PLANNING;

URBAN PLANNING;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LYME DISEASE;

EID: 0842284704     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(03)00097-5     Document Type: Article

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