Scorpion sting in Iran: A review

Toxicon

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 919-933

  Dehghani, Rouhullah ^a   Fathi, Behrooz ^b  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Envenoming; Iran; Scorpion sting; Species; Venom

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; SCORPION VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACCURACY; ANDROCTONUS CRASSICAUDA; APISTOBUTHUS PTERYGOCERCUS; BITES AND STINGS; BUTHIDAE; BUTHOTUS; COMPSOBUTHUS MATTHIESSENI; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVENOMATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMISCORPIIDAE; HEMISCORPIIDAE LEPTURUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MESOBUTHUS EUPEUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ODONTOBUTHUS DORIAE; OLIVIERIUS CAUCASICUS; ORTHOCHIRUS SCROBICULOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SCORPION; SCORPION STING; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IRAN; SCORPIONS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANDROCTONUS CRASSICAUDA; APISTOBUTHUS PTERYGOCERCUS; BUTHIDAE; COMPSOBUTHUS; HOTTENTOTTA; LEPTURUS; MESOBUTHUS CAUCASICUS; MESOBUTHUS EUPEUS; ODONTOBUTHUS DORIAE; ORTHOCHIRUS SCROBICULOSUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84864035667     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.06.002     Document Type: Review

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