Snakebite-reappraisal of the situation in Eastern Nepal

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-289

  Sharma, Sanjib Kumar ^a   Khanal, Basudha ^a   Pokhrel, Parash ^a   Khan, Ajmal ^a   Koirala, Shekhar ^a  

^a BP Koirala Inst of Health Sciences ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antisnake venom; Eastern Nepal; Mortality; Neurotoxicity; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPAL; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKEBITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; SNAKE BITES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037353596     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00289-1     Document Type: Article

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