Adverse encounters with alligators in the United States: An update

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-163

  Langley, Ricky L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Alligator; Animal attacks; Bites; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARM INJURY; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ANIMALS; ARM INJURIES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955744042     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.02.002     Document Type: Review

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