Knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding tick bites in the Turkish population in a rural area of the Middle Anatolian Region

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 669-675

  Arıkan, Inci ^a   Kasifoglu, Nilgün ^a   Metintas, Selma ^a   Kalyoncu, Cemalettin ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Health behavior; Knowledge; Prevention; Tick bites; Turkey

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; IXODIDA;

EID: 77952878597     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9474-9     Document Type: Article

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