Bites in Australian snake handlers-Australian snakebite project (ASP-15)

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1089-1095

  Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,b   Brown, S G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84868020929     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcs132     Document Type: Article

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