Population displacements as a risk factor for the emergence of epidemics;Trasferimenti di popolazioni e fattori di rischio per le emergenze epidemiche

Veterinaria Italiana

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-23

  Tabbaa, Darem ^a   Seimenis, Aristarco ^b  

^a AL BAATH UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b WHO/Mediterranean Zoonoses Control Centre   (Greece)

Author keywords

Animal health; Conflict; Emergence; Epidemic; Infections; Population displacement; Public health

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EMERGENCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTIONS; MIGRATION; POPULATION DISPLACEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WAR;

ANIMAL HEALTH; CONFLICT; EMERGENCE; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIONS; POPULATION DISPLACEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; WAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84875716486     PISSN: 0505401X     EISSN: 18281427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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