Characteristics of programs involving canine visitation of hospitalized people in Ontario

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 754-758

  Lefebvre, Sandra L ^a,b   Waltner Toews, David ^a   Peregrine, Andrew ^a   Reid Smith, Richard ^a   Hodge, Leslie ^b   Weese, J Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FAMILY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCREENING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 33747686427     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505099     Document Type: Review

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