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“I sold my towel and shoes to pay the traditional healer”: Care-seeking costs and productivity losses among snakebite victims in Eastern Province, Rwanda
Snakebite envenomation (SBE) is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and generally over-represented in rural, remote, and impoverished agricultural communities. While poverty is an established risk factor, little research has been done to investigate the economic consequences of SBE. This cross-sectional,...
Autores principales: | Schurer, Janna M., Admasu, Mahlet Tadesse, Bonaventure, Mihigo, Hakizimana, Dieudonne, Murara, Elijah, MacDonald, Lauren E., Rafferty, Ellen |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10695369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37983274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011768 |
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