Snakebite envenomation in children: A 10-year retrospective review

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 184-189

  LoVecchio, Frank ^a   Debus, D M ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Envenomation; Serum sickness; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; DEATH; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEST; SNAKEBITE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034847973     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2001)012[0184:SEICAY]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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