Environmental and Lifestyle Risk Factors for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Domestic Cats

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 557-562

  Bertone, Elizabeth R ^a,b   Snyder, Laura A ^b   Moore, Antony S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Environmental tobacco smoke; Epidemiology; Flea control; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; SHAMPOO; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANNED FOOD; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE CONTROL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT DISEASE; DANGEROUS GOODS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFESTYLE; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INSECTICIDES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0042385109     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0557:EALRFF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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