Perceptions regarding workplace hazards at a veterinary teaching hospital

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Weaver, Dustin R ^a,c   Newman, Lee S ^b,c   Lezotte, Dennis C ^b,c   Morley, Paul S ^a,c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SCHOOL; STANDARD; TOXOPLASMA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY; TOXOPLASMA; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77954254530     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.237.1.93     Document Type: Article

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