Household knowledge, attitudes and practices related to pet contact and associated zoonoses in Ontario, Canada

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Stull, Jason W ^a,b   Peregrine, Andrew S ^a,b   Sargeant, Jan M ^a,b   Weese, J Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bite; Canada; Education; Knowledge; Pet; Scratch; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CAT; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PET ANIMAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PETS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84864146350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-553     Document Type: Article

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