Dog bites in Canadian children: A five-year review of severity and emergency department management

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 309-314

  Lang, Mia E ^a,b   Klassen, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dog bite; Injury; Pediatric; Prevention; Rabies; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG BITE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SUTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 27944501784     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500014494     Document Type: Review

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