The clinical effects of spider bites in southern Tasmania

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 145-149

  Woo, Kathy M L ^a   Smart, David R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical effects; Emergency medicine; Envenomation; Spider bites; Tasmanian spiders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001516697     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.1999.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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