Walking the dog: Exploration of the contact networks between dogs in a community

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1169-1178

  Westgarth, Carri ^a   Gaskell, R M ^a   Pinchbeck, G L ^a   Bradshaw, J W S ^b   Dawson, S ^a   Christley, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact; Disease; Dog; Network; Two mode

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBURBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 69949128699     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001544     Document Type: Article

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