Open AccessDog ownership has unknown risks but known health benefits: we need evidence based policy
Author(s) -
Rachel Orritt
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bmj
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.831
H-Index - 429
ISSN - 1756-1833
DOI - 10.1136/bmj.g4081
Subject(s) - legislation , incidence (geometry) , medicine , business , environmental health , computer science , political science , law , physics , optics
Politically driven UK legislation that targets “dangerous dogs” has not been shown to reduce dog bites, writes Rachel Orritt, who calls for policy to be based on robust evidence of incidence and risk assessment of ownershi
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