Occurrence of cases of borreliosis certified as an occupational disease in the province of Wielkopolska (Poland)

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-217

  Bilski, Bartosz ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Borreliosis; Epidemiology; Occupational disease; Poland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; EXPOSURE; FORESTRY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLAND; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CERTIFICATION; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 75149194368     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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