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Which Dogs Bite? A Case-Control Study of Risk Factors Kenneth A. Gershman, Jeffrey J. Sacks and John C. Wright Pediatrics 1994;93;913-917

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Which

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A Case-Control
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dog

Study
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and John

Risk

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Kenneth
ABSTRACT. 585 000 injuries

A. Gershman,C. Wright,

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dently member. Methods. A matched case-control design comprising 178 pairs of dogs was used. Cases were selected from
reported

Dog bites cause an estimated inthe need formedical attention and children are the most frequent victims. This sought to determine dog-specific factors indepenassociated with a dog biting a nonhousehold
resulting

Objective.bites

frequently

involve

the

face,2

resulting

in se-

vere lacerations.1’ cause disability,’5 Dog bites may
dog, the victim,

Dog bites may causenfection,’214 i and incursubstantial costs.15 be characterized according

to

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environment.

episode received matched member, based
number.

dogs are unlikely to be representative of the entire dog population.Additionally, none of these studies Results. Children aged 12 years and younger were the have used multivariate analysis to assess the indevictims in 51% of cases. Compared with controls, biting pendent...