Survey of occupational hazards in large animal practices

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 215, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1433-1435

  Poole, Andrea G ^a,c   Shane, Simon M ^a   Kearney, Michael T ^a   McConnell, D A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AVMA Prof Liability Insurance Trust   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033570456     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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