Fang tip spread, puncture distance, and suction for snake bite

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 723-728

  Zamudio, Kelly R ^a,d   Hardy Sr , David L ^b   Martins, Marcio ^c   Greene, Harry W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITE WOUND; DEVICE; FIRST AID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SUCTION;

ANIMALS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; SKIN; SNAKE BITES; SUCTION; TOOTH; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

CROTALUS ATROX; SERPENTES;

EID: 0033986980     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00182-8     Document Type: Article

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