Incidence of injuries caused by dogs and cats treated in emergency departments in a major Italian city

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 260-262

  Ostanello, F ^a   Gherardi, A ^a   Caprioli, A ^a   La Placa, L ^b   Passini, A ^c   Prosperi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITE; CAT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 17144371339     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.014886     Document Type: Article

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