Companion animals as sentinels for community exposure to industrial chemicals: The Fairburn, GA, propyl mercaptan case study

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-342

  Maciejewski, Ross ^a   Glickman, Nita ^b   Moore, George ^b   Zheng, Cheng ^c   Tyner, Benjamin ^c   Cleveland, William ^c   Ebert, David ^a   Glickman, Larry ^b,d  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PROPANETHIOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CAT; DOG; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51149099991     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300313     Document Type: Article

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