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Published in: Archives of Public Health 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Poster presentation

Dairy cattle mortality as a sensitive warning system for the effects of high and low ambient temperature on human health

Authors: Bianca Cox, Antonio Gasparrini, Boudewijn Catry, Jaco Vangronsveld, Tim Nawrot

Published in: Archives of Public Health | Special Issue 1/2015

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Extreme temperatures are associated with increased mortality among humans. The use of animal sentinels may improve causality of epidemiologic findings in humans and may provide additional insights. Animal sentinels have the advantage that they are less subject to concurrent exposures, bias due to confounding, and exposure misclassification than human populations. Therefore, we investigated the effects of low and high ambient temperature on the risk of mortality among dairy cattle. …
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Title
Dairy cattle mortality as a sensitive warning system for the effects of high and low ambient temperature on human health
Authors
Bianca Cox
Antonio Gasparrini
Boudewijn Catry
Jaco Vangronsveld
Tim Nawrot
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Archives of Public Health / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 2049-3258
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/2049-3258-73-S1-P23

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