Use of statewide emergency department surveillance data to assess incidence of animal bite injuries among humans in North Carolina

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 244, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 597-603

  Rhea, Sarah K ^a,b   Weber, David J ^a,b   Poole, Charles ^a   Waller, Anna E ^b   Ising, Amy I ^b   Williams, Carl ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CAT; CHILD; DOG; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RATS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894060287     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: 1943569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.244.5.597     Document Type: Article

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