Puncture wounds by driftwood catfish during bucket baths: Local habits of riverside people and fish natural history in the Amazon

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 204-208

  Sazima, Ivan ^a   Zuanon, Jansen ^b   Haddad Jr , Vidal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bathing; Catfish; Centromochlus; Dangerous fish; Puncture wounds; Schooling habits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BRAZIL; CATFISH; CENTROMOCHLUS HECKELII; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RIVER; WOUND;

EID: 29144531865     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR42-04.1     Document Type: Article

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