Venomous snakes of Israel: Ecology and snakebite

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-232

  Kochva, Elazar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Snakebite; Toxins; Venomous snakes; Venoms

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JORDAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ECOLOGY; ELAPIDAE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JORDAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0032317309     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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