The Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) and its role in the control of zoonotic disease

Acta Tropica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-75

  Coleman, T J ^a  

^a HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmers; Prospective study; Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS); Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; Q FEVER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP; TINEA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

BOS TAURUS; HANTAVIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034698360     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00093-0     Document Type: Article

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3. Thomas, D.R., Salmon, R.L., Coleman, T.J., et al. 1999. Occupational exposure to animals and risk of zoonotic illness in a cohort of farmers, farmworkers and their families in England. J. Agricult. Safety Health (in press).
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