Profile of snakebite envenoming in rural Maharashtra, India

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 56, Issue FEBRUARY, 2008, Pages 88-95

  Bawaskar, H S ^a   Bawaskar, P H ^a   Punde, D P ^b   Inamdar, M K ^c   Dongare, R B ^d   Bhoite, R R ^e  

^a Bawaskar Hospital and Research Center Raigad   (India)

^b Punde Hospital   (India)

^c Ashwini Hospital   (India)

^d Dongre Multispeciality Hospital Vaijapur District Aurangabad   (India)

^e Giriraj Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SNAKEBITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVENINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 39149129040     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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