Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 278-283 , May 2004

Protocol and monitoring to improve snake bite outcomes in rural Ghana

  • L.E Visser

      Affiliations

    • Mathias Hospital, P.O. Box 43, Yeji, Brong Ahafo, Ghana
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +233-0-568-22052.
    • ,
  • S Kyei-Faried

      Affiliations

    • Regional Health Administration, Box 1908, Ministry of Health, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
    • ,
  • D.W Belcher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health, University of Ghana School of Medicine, Accra, Ghana

Received 9 May 2003 ,Revised 22 September 2003 ,Accepted 22 September 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00065-8

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 278-283 , May 2004

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