Trends in fatal snakebites in Venezuela, 1995-2002

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-213

  Benítez, Jesús A ^a   Rifakis, Pedro M ^b   Vargas, Jair A ^c   Cabaniel, Gilberto ^d   Rodríguez Morales, Alfonso J ^e,f  

^a Ministry of Health   (Venezuela)

^b Division of Internal Medicine   (Venezuela)

^c Collaborative Group of Clinical Infectious Diseases Research ^*  (Venezuela)

^d Salud Miranda ^*  (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^f CRLos Angeles T 2   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Envenomations; Mortality; Snake venoms; Snakebites; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEX RATIO; SNAKEBITE; TRAINING; TRAVEL; VENEZUELA;

EID: 35148893518     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/06-WEME-BR-076R.1     Document Type: Article

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