High incidence of bites and stings by snakes and other animals among rubber tappers and Amazonian Indians of the Jurua Valley, Acre State, Brazil.

Among forest-dwelling Amazonian Indians and rubber tappers (seringueiros) of the Juruá valley in Acre State, north-western Brazil, snakebite is an important cause of morbidity and death. Overall, 13% of a surveyed population had been bitten during their lifetime. Seventeen per cent of Katukina India...

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Những tác giả chính: Pierini, S, Warrell, D, de Paulo, A, Theakston, R
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 1996

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