Factors affecting snakebite mortality in north-eastern Nigeria

International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-55

  Habib, A G ^a   Abubakar, S B ^b  

^a AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b General Hospital Kaltungo   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Envenoming; Mortality; Savannah; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOCK; SNAKEBITE;

EID: 79952629662     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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