Animal bites

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 336-345

  Patronek, Gary J ^a   Slavinski, Sally A ^b  

^a Animal Rescue League of Boston   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CAT; DOG; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; DOGS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 60749105334     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.234.3.336     Document Type: Article

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