Prospective Study of Centipede Bites in Australia

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-48

  Balit, Corrine R ^a   Harvey, Mark S ^b   Waldock, Julianne M ^b   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centipedes; PIC; Scolopendra

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CENTIPEDE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORMOCEPHALUS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; ETHMOSTIGMUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POISON CENTER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SCOLOPENDRA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CHILOPODA; CORMOCEPHALUS; ETHMOSTIGMUS; INSECTA; SCOLOPENDRA;

EID: 1842586024     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120028743     Document Type: Article

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