Epidemiological and clinical aspects of snakebite in Belo Horizonte, Southeast Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-118

  Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira ^a,b,c   Antunes, Carlos M F ^b,c   De Oliveira, Helen Ramos ^c   Diniz, Carlos Ribeiro ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case control study; Epidemiological studies; Risk Factors; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SNAKEBITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 0031083597     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651997000200009     Document Type: Article

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