Envenomation by the scorpion (Centruroides limbatus) outside its natural range and recognition of medically important scorpions

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-164

  Bush, Sean P ^a,b,c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Centruroides; Envenomation; Scorpion; Sting

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; SCORPION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032724510     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1999)010[0161:EBTSLO]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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