Apropos of Cleopatra and snake venom;En relación a Cleopatra y los venenos de serpiente

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1222-1226

  Espinoza G, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

History of Medicine; Snake Bites; Snake Venomous

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PUBLIC FIGURE; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE;

ANIMALS; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES;

EID: 0345775705     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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