Uptake of Rabies Control Measures by Dog Owners in Flores Island, Indonesia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Wera, Ewaldus ^a,b   Mourits, Monique C M ^b   Hogeveen, Henk ^b  

^a Politeknik Pertanian Negeri Kupang   (Indonesia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; DOG DISEASES; INDONESIA; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERINARY;

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84928802382     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003589     Document Type: Article

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