Scorpion stings in Qassim, Saudi Arabia-A 5-year surveillance report

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 302-305

  Jahan, Saulat ^a   Mohammed Al Saigul, Abdullah ^a   Abdul Rahim Hamed, Shamandy ^a  

^a Primary Health Care Administration   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Qassim; Saudi Arabia; Scorpion sting; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORPION; SCORPION BITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORPIONS; SEASONS;

SCORPIONES;

EID: 34447310577     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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