Underestimation of snakebite mortality by hospital statistics in the Monaragala District of Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 693-695

  Fox, S ^a   Rathuwithana, A C ^b   Kasturiratne, A ^b   Lalloo, D G ^a   de Silva, H J ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Mortality; Snakebite; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; SNAKEBITE; SRI LANKA;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; SNAKE BITES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33646205320     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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