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Health seeking behavior following snakebites in Sri Lanka: Results of an island wide community based survey

INTRODUCTION: Sri Lanka has a population of 21 million and about 80,000 snakebites occur annually. However, there are limited data on health seeking behavior following bites. We investigated the effects of snakebite and envenoming on health seeking behavior in Sri Lanka. METHODS: In a community-base...

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Autores principales:	Ediriweera, Dileepa Senajith, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam, Gunawardena, Nipul Kithsiri, Jayamanne, Shaluka Francis, Lalloo, David Griffith, de Silva, Hithanadura Janaka
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697880/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29108023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006073

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