Self-reported incidence of snake, spider, and scorpion encounters among deployed U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1099-1102

  Shiau, Danny T ^a   Sanders, John W ^b   Putnam, Shannon D ^c   Buff, Ann ^d   Beasley, William ^e   Tribble, David R ^f   Riddle, Mark S ^b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^c US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^d Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit No7   (Italy)

^e Army Central Command Troop Medical Clinic   (Qatar)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORPION; SELF REPORT; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE;

EID: 35348830437     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.10.1099     Document Type: Article

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