Animal sentinels for environmental and public health

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 50-57

  Reif, John S ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLADDER CANCER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG CANCER; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WILD ANIMAL;

EID: 79957811492     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s108     Document Type: Article

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