A locally developed snakebite management protocol significantly reduces overall anti snake venom utilization in West Bengal, India

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-274

  Ghosh, Soumitra ^a,b   Maisnam, Indira ^a   Murmu, Bijoy K ^a   Mitra, Pradip K ^a   Roy, Aniruddha ^a   Simpson, Ian D ^b,c,d  

^a Midnapore Medical College   (India)

^b West Bengal Government Snakebite Taskforce   (India)

^c Pakistan Medical Research Council   (Pakistan)

^d Kooran House   (India)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Developing world; Policy maker; Snakebite; Snakebite training; Treatment protocol

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENVENOMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SNAKEBITE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 57749190315     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/08-WEME-OR-219.1     Document Type: Article

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