From Lyme disease emergence to endemicity: A cross sectional comparative study of risk perceptions in different populations

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Aenishaenslin, Cécile ^a   Ravel, André ^a   Michel, Pascal ^a,b   Gern, Lise ^c   Milord, François ^d   Waaub, Jean Philippe ^e   Bélanger, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e GERAD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergence; Endemicity; Experts; General public; Knowledge; Lyme borreliosis; Lyme disease; Prevention; Preventive behaviors; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924325241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1298     Document Type: Article

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