Giant millipede 'burns' and the eye

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-185

  Hudson, Bernard J ^a,b   Parsons, George A ^a,c  

^a Madang General Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Millipede 'burns'; Papua New Guinea; Polyconoceras sp.; Salpidobolus sp.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EDEMA; EYE INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INSECT; KERATITIS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

DIPLOPODA; INSECTA; POLYCONOCERAS;

EID: 0030910673     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90217-0     Document Type: Article

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