Swimmer's Itch: Incidence and Risk Factors

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 738-741

  Verbrugge, Lois M ^a   Rainey, Jeanette J ^b   Reimink, Ronald L ^c   Blankespoor, Harvey D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Hudsonville High School   (United States)

^d HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CERCARIAL DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRURITUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 2342445562     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.5.738     Document Type: Article

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