Animals as sentinels of human environmental health hazards: An evidence-based analysis

EcoHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-37

  Rabinowitz, Peter M ^a   Gordon, Zimra ^a,b   Holmes, Rebecca ^a   Taylor, Brynn ^a   Wilcox, Matthew ^a   Chudnov, Daniel ^a   Nadkarni, Prakash ^a   Dein, F Joshua ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rippowam Animal Hospital   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal sentinel; Environmental health; Environmental pollution; Epidemiologic methods; Evidence based medicine; Sentinel surveillance; Veterinary medicine; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17644380619     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-004-0151-1     Document Type: Review

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