Strengthening antivenom production in Central and South American public laboratories: Report of a workshop

Toxicon

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-35

  Gutiérrez, José María ^a   Gondo Higashi, Hisako ^b   Hui Wen, Fan ^b,c   Burnouf, Thierry ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^d HUMAN PROTEIN PROCESS SCIENCES   (France)

Author keywords

Antivenoms; Latin America; Public laboratories; Workshop

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PERU; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUTH AMERICA; TRAINING; URUGUAY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; EDUCATION; LABORATORIES; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845383046     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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