Annual incidence of snake bite in rural Bangladesh

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Rahman, Ridwanur ^a   Faiz, M Abul ^b   Selim, Shahjada ^a   Rahman, Bayzidur ^c   Basher, Ariful ^b   Jones, Alison ^d   d'Este, Catherine ^e   Hossain, Moazzem ^f   Islam, Ziaul ^g   Ahmed, Habib ^h   Milton, Abul Hasnat ^e  

^a DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^b SIR SALIMULLAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f Directorate General of Health Services   (Bangladesh)

^g National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

^h MYMENSINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKEBITE; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SNAKE BITES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449236919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000860     Document Type: Article

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