Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 33-39 , 2008

Food animal transport: A potential source of community exposures to health hazards from industrial farming (CAFOs)

  • Ana M. Rule

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Environmental Health Engineering, 615 N Wolfe Street, Room E6618, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Tel.: +1 410 502 5952; fax: +1 410 955 9334.
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  • Sean L. Evans
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  • Ellen K. Silbergeld

Received 1 August 2008 ,Accepted 13 August 2008.

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PII: S1876-0341(08)00002-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2008.08.001

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 33-39 , 2008

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