An investigation into the prevalence of dog bites to primary school children in Trinidad

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Georges, Karla ^a   Adesiyun, Abiodun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG BITE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 41949141807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-85     Document Type: Article

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