Healthcare-seeking behaviour and use of traditional healers after snakebite in Hlabisa sub-district, KwaZulu Natal

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1386-1390

  Sloan, Derek J ^a,b   Dedicoat, Martin J ^c   Lalloo, David G ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Ngwelezana Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti venoms; Healthcare; KwaZulu Natal; Snakebites; South Africa; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SNAKE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SNAKEBITE; THERAPY DELAY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; HLABISA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36549054736     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01924.x     Document Type: Article

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