Lionfish envenomations in an urban wilderness

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 291-296

  Aldred, Brian ^a   Erickson, Timothy ^a   Lipscomb, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

envenomations; immersion; lionfish; tetanus prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; FISH; HAND DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; URBAN AREA; WATER IMMERSION; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0030513285     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1996)007[0291:LEIAUW]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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