Cockroach infestation on seagoing ships

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Oldenburg, Marcus ^a   Baur, Xaver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

chemical exposure; Cockroaches; Exposure assessment; Seafaring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCKROACH; ILLUMINATION; INFESTATION; PEST CONTROL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; PYRETHRUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIP; ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY;

BLATTA ORIENTALIS; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; HEXAPODA;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMALS; CHRYSANTHEMUM CINERARIIFOLIUM; COCKROACHES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; SHIPS;

EID: 45949096621     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.63.1.41-46     Document Type: Article

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