Scorpion stings in turkey: Epidemiological and clinical aspects between the years 1995 and 2004;Picadas de escorpião na Turquia: Aspectos epidemiológicos e clínicos entre os anos de 1995 e 2004

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Cesaretli, Yildirim ^a   Ozkan, Ozcan ^a  

^a Refik Saydam Public Health Agency   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; NPIC; Poisoning; Scorpion sting; Turkey

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROCTONUS CRASSICAUDA; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTHERMIA; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; LETHARGY; LOCAL SKIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOBUTHUS EUPEUS; MESOBUTHUS GIBBOSUS; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; POISON CENTER; POISONOUS SCORPION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SHIVERING; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEASONS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957992951     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652010000400010     Document Type: Article

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