Taiwan's venomous snakebite: Epidemiological, evolution and geographic differences

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-101

  Hung, Dong Zong ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Cobra; Epidemiology; Krait; Snake bite; Taiwan; Venomous

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKEBITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; TAIWAN; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ATRA; BUNGARUS MULTICINCTUS; DABOIA RUSSELII; DEINAGKISTRODON ACUTUS; NAJA ATRA; PROTOBOTHROPS MUCROSQUAMATUS; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS STEJNEGERI;

EID: 1642513781     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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