Survey of U.S. Army soldiers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding personal protection measures to prevent arthropod-related diseases and nuisance bites

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 695-701

  Gambel, Jeffrey M ^a   Brundage, John F ^a   Burge, Robert J ^a   DeFraites, Robert F ^a   Smoak, Bannie L ^a   Wirtz, Robert A ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECT BITE; SELF CARE; SKIN PROTECTION; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543107191     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.10.695     Document Type: Article

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