Frequency and gravity of human envenomations caused by marine catfish (suborder siluroidei): a clinical and epidemiological study

Toxicon

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 838-843

  Haddad Jr , Vidal ^a,b   Martins, Itamar Alves ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAUBATÉ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ariidae; Catfish; Venomous aquatic animals; Venomous fish; Venoms

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATFISH; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INSECT STING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BITES AND STINGS; CATFISHES; CHILD; FEMALE; FISH VENOMS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 33744908554     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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