Epidemiology of the brown recluse spider bite

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-85

  Rhoads, Jacqueline ^a,b  

^a Primary Care Community Health Public Health Nursing ^*  (United States)

^b LSUHSC School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown recluse spider bite; Envenomation; Tissue necrosis

Indexed keywords

SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847265291     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2006.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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