Human bites of the face. A review of 22 cases

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 150-152

  Chidzonga, Midion M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER LIP; MALE; NEGRO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BITES, HUMAN; EAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031914071     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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