Multicenter case-control study of risk factors associated with development of vaccine-associated sarcomas in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1283-1292

  Kass, Philip H ^a   Spangler, William L ^b   Hendrick, Mattie J ^c   McGill, Lawrence D ^d   Esplin, D Glen ^d   Lester, Sally ^e   Slater, Margaret ^f   Meyer, E Kathryn ^g   Boucher, Faith ^a   Peters, Erika M ^a   Gobar, Glenna G ^a   Htoo, Thurein ^a   Decile, Kendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IDEXX VS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Central Laboratory for Veterinarians   (Canada)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Veterinary Behavior Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SARCOMA; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, BASAL CELL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0242363274     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.1283     Document Type: Article

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