Epidemiology of severe and fatal rattlesnake bites published in the American Association of Poison Control Centers' Annual Reports

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 663-669

  Walter, Frank G ^a,b   Stolz, Uwe ^b   Shirazi, Farshad ^a,b,c   McNally, Jude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalus; Epidemiology; Poison Control Centers; Rattlesnake bites; Snake bites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISON CENTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLISHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKEBITE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; SNAKE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CROTALUS;

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMALS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; HUMANS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69149108888     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650903113701     Document Type: Article

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