Lyme disease: epidemiologic characteristics of an outbreak in Westchester County, NY.
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Psychiatric Aspects of Lyme Disease in Children and Adolescents: A Community Epidemiologic Study in Westchester, New York
To date, no community study has examined the psychiatric aspects and or sequelae of Lyme disease (LO) among children. As part of a community epidemiologic study of psychiatric disorders among children ages 9 through 17 in a Lyme endemic county, parents were asked whether their child had ever been diagnosed as having LD, and 10.1% (36/357) responded yes to the LO question. Of the 36, 29 also agr...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.76.1.62