Tick bite prevention and tick removal

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Due, Christina ^a,b   Fox, Wendy ^b   Medlock, Jolyon M ^c   Pietzsch, Maaike ^c   Logan, James G ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Borreliosis and Associated Diseases Awareness UK (BADA UK)   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 METHANE 3,8 DIOL; INSECT REPELLENT; N,N DIETHYL 3 METHYLBENZAMIDE; PERMETHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TICK BITE; TICK INFESTATION;

HUMANS; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TICK BITES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84890015301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f7123     Document Type: Review

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