Snakebite mortality in India: A nationally representative mortality survey

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Mohapatra, Bijayeeni ^a   Warrell, David A ^b,c   Suraweera, Wilson ^d   Bhatia, Prakash ^e   Dhingra, Neeraj ^f   Jotkar, Raju M ^d,g   Rodriguez, Peter S ^d   Mishra, Kaushik ^a   Whitaker, Romulus ^h   Jha, Prabhat ^d  

^a Shri Ramachandra Bhanj Medical College   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare   (India)

^f National AIDS Control Organization   (India)

^g ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^h Madras Crocodile Bank Trust   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKEBITE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SNAKE BITES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955816249     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001018     Document Type: Article

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