An epidemiological review of scorpion stings in Venezuela: the Northeastern region



Document title: An epidemiological review of scorpion stings in Venezuela: the Northeastern region
Journal: The journal of venomous animals and toxins
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000298691
ISSN: 0104-7930
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1Universidad de Oriente, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui. Venezuela
2Universidad de Oriente, Escuela de Medicina, Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar. Venezuela
Year:
Volumen: 6
Number: 2
Pages: 128-166
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract In Venezuela, the restricted manner of works on scorpion envenoming has contributed little to the real magnitude and knowledge of this subject in our country. The lack of basic scorpiofauna knowledge, distribution, clinical manifestations, and especially of specific treatments justify multidisciplinary studies. The purpose of these studies is to obtain information that allows the elaboration of a preventive plan. This paper demonstrates the magnitude of scorpion envenomings in Venezuela
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Salud pública,
Toxicología,
Escorpionismo,
Epidemiología,
Tityus,
Venezuela
Keyword: Medicine,
Public health,
Toxicology,
Scorpionism,
Epidemiology,
Tityus,
Venezuela
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