A clinico-epidemiological study of snake bite in Nepal

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-226

  Hansdak, Samuel George ^a   Lallar, Kuldeep Singh ^a   Pokharel, Paras ^a   Shyangwa, Pramod ^a   Karki, Prahlad ^a   Koirala, Shekhar ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPAL; NEUROTOXICITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SNAKEBITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SNAKE BITES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031668445     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559802800412     Document Type: Article

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