Healthy pets, healthy people

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 335-337

  Wong, Stephanie K ^a   Feinstein, Lisa H ^a   Heidmann, Peter ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; AWARDS AND PRIZES; GUIDELINES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES; VETERINARIANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0033174641     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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