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The prevalence and morbidity of snake bite and treatment-seeking behaviour among a rural Kenyan population

R. W. SnowCRC Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya;Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, John Radclijfe Hospital, Headington, OxfordOX3 9DU, U.K.
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R. BronzanHarvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA02115, U.S.A.
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T. RoquesNuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, John Radclijfe Hospital, Headington, OxfordOX3 9DU, U.K.
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C. NyamawiCRC Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
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S. MurphyCRC Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya;Department of Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, LiverpoolL69 3BX, U.K.
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K. MarshCRC Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya;Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, John Radclijfe Hospital, Headington, OxfordOX3 9DU, U.K.
Pages 665-671 | Received 24 Aug 1994, Accepted 06 Oct 1994, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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