Arizona Daily Star: Young children vulnerable to severe dog bites

Release Date: September 17, 2009 This content is archived.

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An article in the Arizona Daily Star about preventing dog bites, particularly with children, reports that a recent study by the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences found that "young children are especially vulnerable to severe dog bites in the head and neck, and there is a correlation between cases of dog bites and rising temperatures."

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