A fatal attack on a child by a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger)

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-64

  Haddad Jr , Vidal ^a   Fonseca, Waldicla Cardoso ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alligatoridae; caiman; wild animal attacks

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; WILD ANIMAL;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BITES AND STINGS; BRAZIL; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 79952293691     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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