Commentary: Pets-pleasures and problems

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7527, 2005, Pages 1254-1255

  Mayon White, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL USE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WELLBEING; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTION; OBJECT RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFECTION;

EID: 28244485721     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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