Tick removal

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-44

  Roupakias, Stylianos ^a   Mitsakou, P ^b   Al Nimer, A ^a  

^a Igoumenitsa Health Centre ^*  (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bite; Removal; Tick; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; SALIVATION; SECONDARY INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; TICK; TICK BITE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIRST AID; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SKIN CARE; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 79958834407     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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