White-tail tales

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1269, 2008, Pages 84-86

  Derraik, José G B ^a   Sirvid, Phil ^b   Vink, Cor ^c   Hall, Grace ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Museum of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LAMPONA CYLINDRATA; LAMPONA MURINA; LETTER; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN PAIN; SKIN REDNESS; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; SPIDERS;

EID: 40949119952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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