Retrospective prevalence of snakebites from Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) (1999-2003)

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 200-205

  Jamaiah, Ibrahim ^a   Rohela, M ^a   Ng, T K ^b   Ch'ng, K B H ^a   Teh, Y S ^a   Nurulhuda, A L ^a   Suhaili, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

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EID: 33744467381     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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