Crotalid envenomation: The Southern Arizona experience

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-9

  Tokish, J T ^a   Benjamin, James B ^a,b   Walter, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University Orthopedic Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalid envenomation; Snakebite; Southern Arizona

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARIZONA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNAKE BITES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0035219645     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200101000-00002     Document Type: Article

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