Dog bite-related fatalities: A 15-year review of Kentucky medical examiner cases

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-230

  Shields, Lisa B E ^a,b   Bernstein, Mark L ^c   Hunsaker III, John C ^d,e   Stewart, Donna M ^a,b  

^a Urban Government Center   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d Office of the Associate Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Dog bite; Fatality; Forensic odontology; Forensic pathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; DOG BITE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DOGS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOOTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549107708     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181a5e558     Document Type: Article

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