Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis following multiple stings by Africanized bees in Trinidad

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-72

  Daisley, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Africanized honey bees; Apis mellifera mellifera; Apis mellifera scutellata; Bee sting; Pancreatitis; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEE STING; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0031931698     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90960-9     Document Type: Article

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