Prevalence of dog bites in children: a telephone survey
✍ Scribed by André Kahn; E. Robert; Danièle Piette; Tiny De Keuster; Jean Lamoureux; Alain Levêque
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 163
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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