Snake bite: A neglected problem in twenty-first century India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 321-324

  Warrell, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOSTIGMINE; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOPSY; AYURVEDA; BUNGARUS CAERULEUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DABOIA RUSSELII; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHIS CARINATUS; EDITORIAL; ENVENOMATION; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MORTALITY; NAJA NAJA; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ELAPIDAE; HUMANS; INDIA; RISK FACTORS; SNAKE BITES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 84859125039     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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