New Zealand's venomous creatures

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1290, 2009, Pages 83-97

  Slaughter, Robin J ^a   Beasley, D Michael G ^a   Lambie, Bruce S ^b   Schep, Leo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; INFUSION FLUID; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM; VINEGAR; VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; ENVENOMATION; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTUBATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POISONOUS JELLYFISH; POISONOUS SNAKE; POISONOUS SPIDER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; SERUM SICKNESS; SPIDER BITE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXIC FISH; TOXIC ORGANISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; WATER IMMERSION; WOUND CARE; ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNAKEBITE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNAKE BITES; SURVIVAL RATE; VENOMS;

EID: 64049116107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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