Barking mad? Another lunatic hypothesis bites the dust

BMJ

Volumn 321, Issue 7276, 2000, Pages 1561-1563

  Chapman, Simon ^a   Morrell, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOG BITE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DOGS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOON; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0034707219     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7276.1561     Document Type: Article

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