print email comment close Canary Database: Animals as Sentinels of Human Environmental Health Hazards URL: http://canarydatabase.org/ Description: This database is a compilation of curated peer-reviewed research articles "that explore the use of wildlife, domestic, and companion animals as 'sentinels' for the effects of chemical, biological, and physical hazards in the environment that may be a risk to human health." Includes information about animal species, exposures, health effects, and location. From the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Yale University School of Medicine. Publisher: Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program Library of Congress Subject Headings: Environmental health Environmental monitoring Health risk assessment Toxicology -- Animal models LII Database Information: Record 20591 created by Barbara Bibel on 02/06/2006 Last modification on 02/20/2006 Last review by Tom McGibney on 02/18/2006 Published: 02/09/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20591