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The socio-economic burden of snakebite in Sri Lanka
BACKGROUND: Snakebite is a major problem affecting the rural poor in many of the poorest countries in the tropics. However, the scale of the socio-economic burden has rarely been studied. We undertook a comprehensive assessment of the burden in Sri Lanka. METHODS: Data from a representative nation-w...
Autores principales: | Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam, Wickremasinghe, A. Rajitha, Jayamanne, Shaluka F., Dawson, Andrew, Isbister, Geoff K., de Silva, Hithanadura Janaka, Lalloo, David G. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5500261/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28683119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005647 |
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