Impact of snake bites and determinants of fatal outcomes in Southeastern Nepal

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 234-238

  Sharma, Sanjib K ^a   Chappuis, Fraņois ^b   Jha, Nilhambar ^a   Bovier, Patrick A ^b   Loutan, Louis ^b   Koirala, Shekhar ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVENOMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; NEPAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SNAKEBITE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND DRESSING;

SERPENTES;

EID: 4243070795     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.234     Document Type: Article

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