Survey of the Stray Dog Population and the Health Education Program on the Prevention of Dog Bites and Dog-Acquired Infections: A Comparative Study in Nepal and Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 261-266

  Kato, Masahiko ^a   Yamamoto, Hideki ^a   Inukai, Yoshihide ^a,b   Kira, Shohei ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dog; Dog bite; Dog density; Health education; Rabies

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG BITE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; MEASUREMENT; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DATA COLLECTION; DOGS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0344152938     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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