White-tailed spider bites - Arachnophobic fallout?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1188, 2004, Pages

  Banks, Jonathan C ^a,d   Sirvid, Phil ^b   Vink, Cor J ^c  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEAR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PHOBIA; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; SPIDERS;

EID: 1542286668     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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