The toxicology of Octopus maculosa: The blue-ringed octopus

British Homeopathic Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 166-171

  Bonnet, M S ^a  

^a Avon Prior   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australian octopus; Blue ringed octopus; Cephalopods; Hapalochlaena maculosa; Octopus; Octopus maculosa; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

MATERIA MEDICA; NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVENOMATION; HOMEOPATHY; OCTOPUS; TAXONOMY; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0032712417     PISSN: 00070785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/homp.1999.0312     Document Type: Article

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