Towards landscape design guidelines for reducing Lyme disease risk

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-322

  Jackson, Laura E ^a   Hilborn, Elizabeth D ^a   Thomas, James C ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ecological design; Ecology; GIS; Ixodes scapularis; Landscape design; Landscape ecology; Maryland

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; LANDSCAPE; LYME DISEASE; TICK;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPOSURE; FOREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LANDSCAPE; LYME DISEASE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK REDUCTION; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FORESTRY; GUIDELINES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LYME DISEASE; MARYLAND; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TREES;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 33645820608     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi284     Document Type: Article

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