Child outdoor physical activity is reduced by prevalence of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-80

  Worobey, John ^a   Fonseca, Dina M ^a   Espinosa, Carolina ^a   Healy, Sean ^a,b   Gaugler, Randy ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; mosquitoes; obesity; physical activity

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; OBESITY; URBAN POPULATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHILD; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OBESITY; URBAN POPULATION;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS;

EID: 84875580185     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/12-6296R.1     Document Type: Article

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