APIC State-of-the-Art Report: The implications of service animals in health care settings

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 170-180

  Duncan, Susan L ^a  

^a APIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034088765     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2000.106056     Document Type: Article

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