Decline in hospitalisations due to dog bite injuries in Catalonia, 1997-2008. An effect of government regulation?

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 408-410

  Villalbí, Joan R ^a,b   Cleries, Montse ^c   Bouis, Susana ^a   Peracho, Víctor ^a   Duran, Julia ^a   Casas, Conrad ^a,b  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Servei Català de la Salut ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BITES AND STINGS; DOGS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649773733     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.026997     Document Type: Article

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