Zoonoses: An occupational hazard for livestock workers and a public health concern for rural communities

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-179

  LeJeune, J ^a   Kersting, A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal production; Epidemiology; Farmworker; Infection disease; Zoonosis; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLOSIS; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SHEEP DISEASES; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; SALMONELLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78049245509     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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