Cross-disciplinary collaboration for the protection of public health: A need to over-come the barriers

Cattle Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-98

  Staerk K D C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency preparedness; Emerging diseases; Veterinary public health; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 57549102555     PISSN: 09691251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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