Exposure to West Nile virus during the 2002 epidemic in Cuyahoga County, Ohio: A comparison of pediatric and adult behaviors

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 356-361

  LaBeaud, Angelle Desirée ^a,b   Kile, Jeffery R ^b   Kippes, Christopher ^c   King, Charles H ^d   Mandalakas, Anna M ^b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cuyahoga County Board of Health   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLOTHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOTHING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; TELEVISION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34250305591     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200309     Document Type: Article

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