The Jellyfish hunter-Jack Barnes: A pioneer medical toxinologist in Australia

Toxicon

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 762-767

  Pearn, John ^a   Fenner, Peter ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carukia barnesi; History of toxinology; Jack Barnes; Jellyfish stings; Marine envenomation; Medical biography

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVENOMATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; JELLYFISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CUBOZOA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; TOXICOLOGY;

CARUKIA; CARUKIA BARNESI; CARYBDEIDAE; CHIRONEX; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CHIROPSALMUS; CUBOZOA; CYANEA (CNIDARIA); INVERTEBRATA; PHYSALIA; PRECIS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33750933540     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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