Estimation of the dog and cat population in the State of São Paulo;Dimensionamento da população de cães e gatos do interior do Estado de São Paulo

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 891-897

  Alves, Maria Cecilia Goi Porto ^a,c   de Matos, Marina Ruiz ^b   Reichmann, Maria de Lourdes ^a   Dominguez, Margareth Harrison ^a  

^a Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Mass immunization; Rabies; Zoonoses, epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DOG; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOUSEHOLD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; RABIES; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATS; CENSUSES; DOGS; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646077424     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102005000600004     Document Type: Article

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