A Quantitative Approach to the Prioritization of Zoonotic Diseases in North America: A Health Professionals' Perspective

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Ng, Victoria ^a   Sargeant, Jan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; NORTH AMERICA; ONLINE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84882603456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072172     Document Type: Article

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