Epidemiological patterns of animal bites in the Babol County, North of Iran

• Published in: Journal of acute disease Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 126 - 130
• Main Authors: Ghaffari-Fam, Saber, Hosseini, Seyed Reza, Daemi, Amin, Heydari, Hassan, Malekzade, Rahim, Ayubi, Erfan, Nikbakht, Hossein Ali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.03.2016; School of Nursing of Miandoab City, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran%Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran%School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran%Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Animal bites; Babol; Epidemiology; Injury; Animal bites; Epidemiology; Injury; Babol

To describe the current situation of animal bites in the Babol County, North of Iran. This was a cross-sectional study based on recently collected data of 3798 victims bitten (656 females and 3142 males) from 2010 to 2014 in the Health Center of Babol, Iran. The interest variables in the study inclu...