Incidence, pathology, and treatment of adder (Vipera berus L.) bites in man

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 346-351

  Reading, C J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adder; Bites; Envenoming; Pathology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SNAKEBITE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SNAKE BITES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0029736772     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.5.346     Document Type: Article

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