Moray eel attack in the tropics: A case report and review of the literature

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 194-197

  Riordan, Colin ^a,c   Hussain, Mumtaz ^b   McCann, Jack ^b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^c NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hand injury; Moray eel; Scuba

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AVULSION INJURY; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CUBA; DIVING; EEL; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; RECREATION; REVIEW; SEA;

EID: 4544263509     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2004)15[194:MEAITT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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