Bites by spiders of the family Theraphosidae in humans and canines

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 519-524

  Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a   Seymour, Jamie E ^b   Gray, Michael R ^c   Raven, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arachnidism; Canine; Phlogiellus spp; Selenocosmia spp; Spider bite; Theraphosid spiders

Indexed keywords

SPIDER VENOM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; EXPERT SYSTEM; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHLOGIELLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCTURE; SELENOCOSMIA; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; THERAPHHOSIDAE; TOXICITY;

ARANEAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 0037376716     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00395-1     Document Type: Article

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