Insect stings and bites of summer

U.S. Pharmacist

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 12-15

  Pray, W Steven ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZOCAINE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; CINCHOCAINE; CORTIZONE; DERMOPLAST; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; LIDOCAINE; LORATADINE; MENTHOL; PERMETHRIN; PRAMOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

AEROSOL; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALOPECIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CIMEX; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONVULSION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CARE; EYE DISEASE; GEL; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LYME DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSYCHOSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF CARE; SKIN PROTECTION; SUMMER; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TICK BITE; TREMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA;

EID: 47749133042     PISSN: 01484818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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