Zoonotic disease risk and the bushmeat trade: Assessing awareness among hunters and traders in Sierra Leone

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-482

  Subramanian, Melanie ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bushmeat; public health; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SIERRA LEONE; VERY ELDERLY; WILD ANIMAL; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; AWARENESS; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84877830345     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0807-1     Document Type: Article

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