Determinants and protective behaviours regarding tick bites among school children in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Beaujean, Desiree J M A ^a   Gassner, Fedor ^a   Wong, Albert ^a   Steenbergen Van, Jim E ^a,b   Crutzen, Rik ^c   Ruwaard, Dirk ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Lyme borreliosis; Lyme disease; Perceptions; Prevention; Protective behaviour; School children; Tick bites; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TICK; TICK BITE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TICK BITES; TICKS;

EID: 84889784274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1148     Document Type: Article

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