Traditional treatments for snake bite in a rural African community

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 967-969

  Newman, W J ^a   Moran, N F ^a   Theakston, R D G ^b   Warrell, D A ^c   Wilkinson, D ^a,b,d  

^a Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; ENEMA; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM;

ALOE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BLEEDING; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SNAKEBITE; SOUTH AFRICA; TOURNIQUET; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URINE;

HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SNAKE BITES; SOUTH AFRICA;

ALOE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SERPENTES;

EID: 0031446722     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989760392     Document Type: Article

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