Risk factors associated with anthrax outbreak in animals in North Dakota, 2005: A retrospective case-control study

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-359

  Mongoh, Mafany Ndiva ^a   Dyer, Neil W ^a   Stoltenow, Charles L ^a   Khaitsa, Margaret L ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; DEER; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SWINE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 51149112293     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300315     Document Type: Article

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