A national survey of laboratory animal workers concerning occupational risks for zoonotic diseases

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-191

  Weigler, Benjamin J ^a,b   Di Giacomo, Ronald F ^a,b   Alexander, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVESTOCK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; RISK;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 23444446597     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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