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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Awareness and Work-Related Factors Associated with Scrub Typhus: A Case-Control Study from South Korea.

Dong-Seob Kim, Dilaram Acharya, Kwan Lee, Seok-Ju Yoo, Ji-Hyuk Park, Hyun-Sul Lim

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Community engagement around scrub typhus in northern Thailand: a pilot project.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2024
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  9. Risk factors for acute scrub typhus infection among housewivesThe Indian journal of medical research · 2023
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  12. Deforestation Increases the Risk of Scrub Typhus in Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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  13. Risk Factors Associated with Adult Scrub Typhus Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital - A Case Control Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Dong-Seob KimDepartment of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, 123 Dongdae-ro, Gyeongju-si 38066, Korea. cfs02@dongguk.ac.kr.
Dilaram AcharyaDepartment of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, 123 Dongdae-ro, Gyeongju-si 38066, Korea. dilaramacharya123@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-2270-7667
Kwan LeeDepartment of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, 123 Dongdae-ro, Gyeongju-si 38066, Korea. kwaniya@dongguk.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0003-2554-4170
Seok-Ju YooDepartment of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, 123 Dongdae-ro, Gyeongju-si 38066, Korea. medhippo@hanmail.net.
Ji-Hyuk ParkDepartment of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, 123 Dongdae-ro, Gyeongju-si 38066, Korea. skeyd@naver.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7359-1847
Hyun-Sul LimDepartment of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, 123 Dongdae-ro, Gyeongju-si 38066, Korea. wisewine@dongguk.ac.kr.
Dongguk University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the awareness and the work-related factors associated with scrub typhus to provide data essential for evidence-based preventive strategies. A community-based case control study was carried out in the rural areas of Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. Confirmed cases of scrub typhus (

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AgricultureOccupational DiseasesSanitationAgedCase-Control StudiesFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMiddle AgedRepublic of KoreaResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsScrub TyphusSurveys and Questionnairesawarenessscrub typhusSouth Koreawork related factors

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PMID29865144
PMCPMC6025028
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