Research into scorpion stings

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7789, 2011, Pages 115-

  Mills, Edward J ^a   Ford, Nathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; PRAZOSIN; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

BITES AND STINGS; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG QUALITY; EDITORIAL; ENVENOMATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POISONOUS SCORPION; POISONOUS SNAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SNAKEBITE; TROPICAL DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

EID: 78751686295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c7369     Document Type: Editorial

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