Using Geographical Information Systems to Identify Populations in Need of Improved Accessibility to Antivenom Treatment for Snakebite Envenoming in Costa Rica

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hansson, Erik ^a   Sasa, Mahmood ^b   Mattisson, Kristoffer ^a   Robles, Arodys ^b   Gutiérrez, José María ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BOTHROPS; CHILD; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; SNAKEBITE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84873497485     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002009     Document Type: Article

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