Geographic Variation in Access to Dog-Bite Care in Pakistan and Risk of Dog-Bite Exposure in Karachi: Prospective Surveillance Using a Low-Cost Mobile Phone System

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Zaidi, Syed Mohammad Asad ^a,b   Labrique, Alain B ^b   Khowaja, Saira ^a   Lotia Farrukh, Ismat ^a   Irani, Julia ^a,c   Salahuddin, Naseem ^d   Khan, Aamir Javed ^a,b  

^a Maternal and Child Health   (Pakistan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d THE INDUS HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG BITE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892710730     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002574     Document Type: Article

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