Animal and human bites

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 26-29

  Norton, Cormac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; BITE; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PATIENT SELECTION; RABIES; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TETANUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; BITES, HUMAN; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT SELECTION; RABIES; RISK FACTORS; TETANUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 54249126610     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2008.10.16.6.26.c6781     Document Type: Review

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