Epidemiology of snakebites in Northern Cameroon;Épidémiologie des envenimations ophidiennes dans le nord du Cameroun

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 184-187

  Chippaux, J P ^a   Rage Andrieux, V ^a   Le Mener Delore, V ^a   Charrondiere M ^a   Sagot, P ^a   Lang, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Cameroon; Envenomation; Epidemiology; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

FAV AFRIQUE; IPSER AFRICA; RAIN; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DRUG USE; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SNAKEBITE; SOWING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SYMPTOM; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CAMEROON; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS;

EID: 0036675957     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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