Management of snakebites by the staff of a rural clinic: The impact of providing free antivenom in a nurse-led clinic in Meserani, Tanzania

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 439-448

  Yates, V M ^a   Lebas, E ^a,b   Orpiay, R ^c   Bale, B J ^c  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Meserani Snake Park   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN GRAFT; SNAKEBITE; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

BITIS ARIETANS;

EID: 77956050818     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12743554760306     Document Type: Article

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