Snake bite envenomation in Ecuador

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 588-591

  González Andrade, Fabricio ^a   Chippaux, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a HOSPITAL METROPOLITANO   (Ecuador)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Antivenoms; Ecuador; Envenomation; Epidemiology; Incidence; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COASTAL PLAIN; ECUADOR; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RAIN FOREST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKEBITE;

BOTHROPS; SERPENTES;

EID: 77955553535     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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