Snake venoms and antivenoms: Critical supply issues

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 52, Issue JAN, 2004, Pages 11-13

  Bawaskar, H S ^a  

^a Bawaskar Hospital and Research Center Raigad   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MORTALITY; NOTE; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; HUMANS; INDIA; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES;

EID: 13744256871     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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