Worldwide deaths and severe envenomation from jellyfish stings

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 658-661

  Fenner, Peter J ^a,b,d   Williamson, John A ^c  

^a Hyperbaric Medicine Unit ^*  (Australia)

^b Hyperbaric Medicine Unit   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; JELLYFISH; MORTALITY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029903463     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb138679.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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