Frits Vlaanderen, Lapo Mughini-Gras, Chantal Bourgonje, Joke van der Giessen
Attitudes towards zoonotic disease risk vary across sociodemographic, communication and health-related factors: A general population survey on literacy about zoonoses in the Netherlands
One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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