Occupational injuries with captive lance-headed vipers (Bothrops moojeni): Experience from a snake farm in Brazil

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 507-510

  De Nishioka, Sérgio A ^a,c   Silveira, Paulo Vitor P ^a   Peixoto Filho, Fernando M ^a   Jorge, Miguel T ^a   Sandoz, Adelheid ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b Pentapharm do Brasil   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops moojeni; Brazil; Occupational injury; Snake; Snake bite; Snake farm

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

HEALTH RISK; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SNAKE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE;

BRAZIL;

BOTHROPS MOOJENI; SERPENTES; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0033868041     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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