Lack of associations between air emissions from sour-gas processing plants and beef cow - Calf herd health and productivity in Alberta, Canada

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 35-68

  Scott, H M ^a,b,e   Soskolne, C L ^a   Martin, S W ^b   Basarab, J A ^c   Coppock, R W ^d,f   Guidotti, T L ^a,g   Lissemore, K D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f George Washington Univ Med Center ^*  (Canada)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Beef cattle; Environmental epidemiology; Health and productivity; Sour gas processing plants

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; MEAT; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; TWINS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALBERTA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GASES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; MEAT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS; TWINS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037441615     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00206-4     Document Type: Article

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