Epidemiology of non-canine bite and sting injuries treated in U.S. Emergency Departments, 2001-2004

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 764-775

  O'Neil, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Mack, Karin Ann ^a   Gilchrist, Julie ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BEE; BITES AND STINGS; CAT; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POISONOUS SNAKE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKEBITE; SPIDER; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; ANIMAL; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38449122584     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200608     Document Type: Article

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