Incidence of dog bite injuries treated in emergency departments

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-53

  Weiss, Harold B ^a,b   Friedman, Deborah I ^a,b   Coben, Jeffrey H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DOG BITE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FACE INJURY; FATALITY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032491838     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.1.51     Document Type: Article

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