Africanized killer bees: A case study

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 23-31

  Mitchell, Anne ^a  

^a Banner Baywood Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BEE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING; INSECT BITE; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INBREEDING; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746097066     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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