Snake envenoming: A disease of poverty

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Harrison, Robert A ^a   Hargreaves, Adam ^a   Wagstaff, Simon C ^a   Faragher, Brian ^a   Lalloo, David G ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SNAKEBITE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH;

HUMANS; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 74549215674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000569     Document Type: Article

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