Heterologous Antisera and Antivenins Are Essential Biologicals: Perspectives on a Worldwide Crisis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-236

  Wilde, Henry ^a   Thipkong, Penmas ^a   Sitprija, Visith ^a   Chaiyabutr, Narongsak ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; REVIEW;

ANTIVENINS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0030213310     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-3-199608010-00012     Document Type: Article

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