Wound myiasis in urban and suburban United States

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2004-2014

  Sherman, Ronald A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LARVA; LEGAL ASPECT; MYIASIS; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034632083     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.13.2004     Document Type: Article

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