Camel bite injuries in United Arab Emirates: A 6 year prospective study

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1617-1620

  Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a,b   Eid, Hani O ^a   Hefny, Ashraf F ^a   Bashir, Masoud O ^a,b   Branicki, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Bite; Camel; Incidence; Injury; Mechanism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BITE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAMEL; CAMEL BITE INJURY; CHILD; FACE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; CAMELS; CHILD; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862669782     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.10.039     Document Type: Article

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