'Battered pets': Features that raise suspicion of Non-Accidental Injury

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 218-226

  Munro, H M C ^a   Thrusfield, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIOLENCE;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035345491     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2001.tb02024.x     Document Type: Article

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