A report of 49 cases of cnidarian envenoming from southeastern Brazilian coastal waters

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1445-1450

  Haddad Jr , Vidal ^a,b   Da Silveira, Fábio Lang ^c   Cardoso, João Luiz Costa ^b   Morandini, André Carrara ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cnidarians; Jellyfish; Stings; Venomous marine animals

Indexed keywords

COELENTERATE VENOM; DIPYRONE;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JELLYFISH; LEG; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TRUNK;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPSALMUS QUADRUMANUS; CNIDARIA; OLINDIAS SAMBAQUIENSIS; PHYSALIA PHYSALIS; PHYSALIS;

EID: 0036802660     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00162-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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