Irukandji sydrome in the Torres Strait: A series of 8 cases

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 338-342

  McIver, Lachlan J ^a   Tjhung, Irene G ^a   Parish, Shaun T ^a   Derkenne, Ruth C ^a   Kippin, Alexander N ^a  

^a Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Irukandji syndrome; jellyfish; marine envenomation; Torres Strait Islands; toxidrome; tropical

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BITES AND STINGS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CUBOZOA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBOZOA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82755192981     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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