Epidemiologic study of cats and dogs affected by the 1991 Oakland fire

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 504-511

  Heath, Sebastian E ^a,c   Kass, Phil ^a   Hart, Lynette ^a   Zompolis, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Oakland Firestorm Pet Hotline   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FIRE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CALIFORNIA; CATS; COHORT STUDIES; DOGS; FIRES; HOTLINES; OWNERSHIP; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032519043     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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