Scorpionism in Sub-Saharan Africa;Le scorpionisme en Afrique Sub-Saharienne

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-193

  Goyffon, M ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Scorpion; Sub Saharan Africa; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACCIDENT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FAUNA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCORPION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPIDER BITE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; HUMANS; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036700907     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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