A Quantitative and Novel Approach to the Prioritization of Zoonotic Diseases in North America: A Public Perspective

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Ng, Victoria ^a   Sargeant, Jan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84868305831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048519     Document Type: Article

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