Estimates of disease burden due to land-snake bite in Sri Lankan hospitals

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 733-740

  Kasturiratne, A ^a   Pathmeswaran, A ^a   Fonseka, M M D ^a   Lalloo, D G ^b   Brooker, S ^c   De Silva, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24944565993     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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