Snakebite in tropical Australia: A prospective study in the "top end" of the Northern Territory

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 693-697

  Currie, Bart J ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKEBITE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPICS;

EID: 11044225021     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06526.x     Document Type: Article

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