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Dog ownership has unknown risks but known health benefits: we need evidence based policy

journal contribution
posted on 2023-10-29, 10:38 authored by Rachel Orritt
<p>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 ownership</p>

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  • School of Psychology (Research Outputs)

Publication Title

BMJ

Volume

349

Issue

jul17

Pages/Article Number

g4081-g4081

Publisher

BMJ Publishing Group

ISSN

1756-1833

eISSN

1756-1833

Date Submitted

2016-03-07

Date Accepted

2014-04-01

Date of First Publication

2014-07-18

Date of Final Publication

2014-07-18

Date Document First Uploaded

2016-03-07

ePrints ID

22441

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