Scorpion sting, is it a health problem in Saudi Arabia? Evaluation of management of 820 cases

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-321

  Mahaba, Hisham M ^a,b   Sayed, Sherif El ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Primary Health Care Administration   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; management; scorpion

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

AGE; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORPION;

EID: 0029739855     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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