Animal bites in Tehran, Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-202

  Eslamifar, Ali ^a   Ramezani, Amitis ^a   Razzaghi Abyaneh, Mehdi ^a   Fallahian, Vida ^a   Mashayekhi, Parisa ^a   Hazrati, Mahboob ^a   Askari, Tina ^b   Fayaz, Ahmad ^a   Aghakhani, Arezoo ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b Shafagh Laboratory   (Iran)

Author keywords

Animal bite; Epidemiology; Rabies; Tehran

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BITE WOUND; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG BITE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONKEY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SQUIRREL; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; HUMANS; IRAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41149124937     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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