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Barking mad? another lunatic hypothesis bites the dust.
OBJECTIVE To assess whether dog bites requiring hospital admission occur more at the full moon. DESIGN Review of dates of admission for dog bites to accident and emergency departments, June 1997 to June 1998, compared with dates of the full moon. SETTING All public hospitals in Australia. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Admissions for dog bites. RESULTS 12 peak clusters of admissions were unrelat...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.152.6.860b