Self-reported prevalence of pests in Dutch households and the use of the health belief model to explore householders' intentions to engage in pest control.
Pests in the home are a health risk because they can be vectors for infectious disease, contribute to allergies and cause damage to buildings. The aims of this study were to record which categories of pests were reported in homes and to use a social cognition model, the health belief model, to inves...
Main Authors: | Stefan A Lipman, Sara A Burt |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5746277?pdf=render |
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