The toxicology of the Latrodectus hasselti spider - The Australian red back spider

British Homeopathic Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-6

  Bonnet, M S ^a  

^a Avon Prior   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Latrodectus hasselti; Red back spider; Spiders; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

SPIDER VENOM;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANNIBALISM; ENVENOMATION; MATING; SPIDER BITE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0033023886     PISSN: 00070785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/homp.1999.0246     Document Type: Article

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