Snake bite in the Thar Desert

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 306-308

  Suleman, Memon M ^a   Shahab, Saqib ^b   Rab, M Abdur ^b  

^a Directorate of Health Services   (Pakistan)

^b HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKEBITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVENINS; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032174494     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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