Prevention of tick bites and protection against tick-borne diseases in south-eastern Poland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-185

  Bartosik, Katarzyna ^a   Kubrak, Tomasz ^a   Olszewski, Tomasz ^a   Jung, Monika ^a   Buczek, Alicja ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; Prevention; Risk assessment; Tick bites; Tick borne diseases; Ticks

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLAND; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AWARENESS; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TICK CONTROL; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ARTHROPODA; IXODIDA;

EID: 57449103765     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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