Assessment of acute injuries, exposure to environmental toxins, and five-year health surveillance of New York Police Department working dogs following the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center terrorist attack

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-59

  Fox, Philip R ^a   Puschner, Birgit ^b   Ebel, Joseph G ^c  

^a ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISASTER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TERRORISM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 47149117821     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.1.48     Document Type: Article

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