Risk factors for pet evacuation failure after a slow-onset disaster

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 218, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1905-1910

  Heath, Sebastian E ^a,c   Beck, Alan M ^a   Kass, Philip H ^b   Glickman, Larry T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CAT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CALIFORNIA; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTORS; TELEPHONE; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0035877682     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.218.1905     Document Type: Article

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