Clinical trial of intramuscular anti-snake venom administration as a first aid measure in the field in the management of Russell's viper bite patients

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 494-497

  Win Aung, ^a   Tin Tun, ^a   Khin Maung Maung, ^a   Aye Kyaw, ^a   Hla Pe, ^a   Tin Nu Swe, ^a   Saw Naing, ^a  

^a University of Medicine (1)   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYANMAR; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TIME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MYANMAR; RUSSELL'S VIPER; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030224621     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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