Bear-inflicted human injury and fatality

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-87

  Floyd, Timothy ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ursine Bone Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal attack; Attack; Bear; Death; Human; Wilderness; Wounds

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BEAR; FIRST AID; INJURY; PREDATION; PROVOCATION; REVIEW; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; WILDLIFE; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0032857520     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1999)010[0075:BIHIAF]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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