The incidence of public sector hospitalisations due to dog bites in Australia 2001-2013

• Main Authors: Mithun Rajshekar (Author), Leigh Blizzard (Author), Roberta Julian (Author), Anne‐Marie Williams (Author), Marc Tennant (Author), Alex Forrest (Author), Laurence J. Walsh (Author), Gary Wilson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: To estimate the incidence of dog bite‐related injuries requiring public sector hospitalisation in Australia during the period 2001-13. Methods: Summary data on public sector hospitalisations due to dog bite‐related injuries with an ICD 10‐AM W54.0 coding were sourced from the Aus...