Pressure/immobilization as first aid for venomous snakebite in the United States

Herpetological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 204-208

  Hardy Sr , David L ^a   Bush, Sean P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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