Animal bites in children: Burden in urban Delhi

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-115

  Mehndiratta, Sumit ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DOG BITE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; WOUND CARE;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; HAPLORHINI; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARENTS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84858718718     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2011.110444     Document Type: Article

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