Peridomestic Lyme Disease Prevention. Results of a Population-Based Case-Control Study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-206

  Connally, Neeta P ^a   Durante, Amanda J ^b   Yousey Hindes, Kimberly M ^a   Meek, James I ^a   Nelson, Randall S ^c   Heimer, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION; TICK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TICKS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149138780     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.04.026     Document Type: Article

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